Photo gallery: Killer whales of the coast

 

Orcas who have called Vancouver and the B.C. coast home

 
February 24, 2010
 
 
 
Killer whale Haida (Tillikum's mate) with four-day-old baby.
 

Killer whale Haida (Tillikum's mate) with four-day-old baby.

Photograph by: File photo, Canwest News Service

 
Killer whale Haida (Tillikum's mate) with four-day-old baby.
A male killer whale swims along the treed and rocky shore of Johnstone Strait near Robson Bight on the B.C. coast.
Vancouver Aquarium's killer whale Bjossa and her constant companion White Wings, a white sided pacific dolphin (foreground) go for a swim in 2001.
Bjossa the killer whale gets a pat on the snout in 2000 at the Vancouver Aquarium.
Killer whale Bjossa swims past Vancouver Aquarium vistors a week before her transfer to San Diego in 2001.
Vancouver Aquarium's head trainer Brian Sheehan cleans killer whale Bjossa's teeth using a solution and a syringe in 2001.
Bjossa and companion White Wings the dolphin swim in the pool at Vancouver Aquarium.
Vancouver Aquarium's killer whale Bjossa and her constant companion White Wings, a white sided pacific dolphin (foreground) leap through the water during an afternoon show in 2001.
Clint Wright, vice-president of operations (left) and Brian Sheehan, head trainer (red jacket) watch Bjossa, a 25 year-old female killer whale from the Vancouver Aquairium, being hoisted in a sling from a specially designed tank into the med pool at SeaWorld in San Diego in 2001. Bjossa was transfered to the Southern California attraction by air.
Photo of one-day-old J43, nestled betweem mom Samish (J14) on the right and 12-year-old brother Riptide (J30) on the left. No other species, and not all orca communities, show this lifetime association. The photo was taken in 2007 off Whidbey Island in Washington.
Members of the Mowachaht/Muchlaht First Nation lead Luna the killer whale to the entrance of Nootka island by war canoe in 2004.
Luna leaps from the water near the entrance to Nootka sound in 2004.
The young killer whale K39 during an encounter in Haro Strait.
 
 
 
 
 

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