An up-close visit, caught on video, from a humpback whale in Georgia Strait made two B.C. women ecstatic and a marine biologist hopeful that the mammal’s population in the area continues to grow.
The massive whale surfaced right next to the small boat Comox residents Lauren Lan and Sonya Schum were in as they headed to a friend’s cabin.
“It was really very cool to just look right beside the boat and see the whole length of the whale and see all the little barnacles up close,” said Lan, who caught the whole incident on video.
Ten years ago something like this never would have happened, Andrew
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