BC Parks and the Gitga'at First Nation are calling for public input as they development a management plan for the K’nabiyaaxl/Ashdown Island Conservancy at the mouth of Douglas Channel. BC Parks describes the area as: K’nabiyaaxl/Ashdown Conservancy covers 727 hectares of marine and uplands ecosystem on the northwest coast of British Columbia, south of Gil Island. […]
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Whales are coming back to Douglas Channel. In 2013, many Kitimat residents with long experience on the water have reported and are still reporting more sightings of both orcas and humpback whales. Add to this a recently published scientific study that shows the number of humpbacks at the mouth of the channel near Gil […]
Updated with comments from Gitga'at First Nation, Nathan Cullen and Shell Canada. Gil Island is a “critical habitat” for the world's humpback whales, whose numbers are increasing in Douglas Channel, Wright Sound, Estevan Sound and Camano Sound and nearby waters, according to a study released Wednesday, September 11, 2013. The study also goes on […]