Tag: Sightings in 2010

A publication of Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWs)

Storms and Site Workings

After a bit of losing the pages and reinstalling them, whalesanddolphinsbc.com is up and I’ve managed to add bit more. The About Page is now set up correctly since the first go around, I lost and had to redo. There are links established to Humpback and Killer, or Orca, Whales and I am, in between…
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Updating Blogger

It didn’t take too long to realize that this Whales and Dolphins blog was not exactly what I was trying to accomplish. I was actually in need of a web site, and not just a blog. I quickly found that although Blogger is a very powerful tool, a web site with pages in more of…
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Killer Whales (Orcinius Orca) of BC

To Species List of Whales and Dolphins in BC The Killer Whale, (Orcinius Orca), is probably the most widely known species of whale and the most seen by tourists during whale watching excursions and boaters. More commonly referred to as Orca and occasionally as Blackfish, these whales are even seen while traveling on BC Ferries.…
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What Whales and Dolphins are in BC?

Many of the whales, dolphins and porpoises found throughout the world can be seen along the coast of British Columbia. There are slight variations to some of the world’s marine mammal populations. For example the Pacific White Sided Dolphin has a similar species called the Atlantic White Sided Dolphin. Both species of these dolphins are…
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Starting the Whale & Dolphin Blog

The idea of starting this blog is to share whale and dolphin encounters and experiences with others. The whales and dolphins of BC have become major attractions for visitors and researchers. Orca, or Killer Whales as they are also known have been monitored by researchers and viewed by visitors for many years. Humpback whales have…
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