Spirit Bear Lodge in BC's Great Bear Rainforest

My grandfather said, we live in a circle of life. I said, you break something in that circle it's going to affect everything within that circle. And that's true, very true. The Great Bear Rainforest is a massive area which is some of the most pristine and largest pieces of wilderness left on the planet. It's really an all-encompassing experience of being somewhere that is untouched, unspoiled, and really has little to no humans at all. You think you've seen everything. Some days I go out and I see something that I've never seen before. What makes the spirit bear so special is you just know it's a gift when you see it. You can see it in people's faces. I had a family once, we were just watching black bears in a river and then this white bear just comes wandering down and you turn around and the whole family were in tears. They had no idea they were going to see it. In the back of their mind, there's always that doubt that it even exists. You know what I mean? Because it's just like this makeshift thing that you see on TV or in pictures. It is just so special and I'm still in awe every day. You can walk in amongst the bears. I mean, you give them this piece and they give you theirs. So it's something that we have been able to work out together and we do it similarly with the children. We teach the children what the land is all about. All the things that I've learned, I've learned it from the elders in our community like my parents, my grandparents and you respect not just the animals but the trees and the ocean. You respect everything that's in the ocean. You're not a part of it, it's a part of you also.