A highlight of my recent stop at Whistler Ski Resort was being entertained by a local bear, right beside the Creekside lift.
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Nobody called the police. No one got excited. This bear appears under the luxury hotel balconies almost every morning in the Spring.
I am impressed that official policy is to cohabit peacefully with bears. Well done Whistler!
Contrast that enlightened and brave approach with that of the Lake Louise village in the Canadian Rockies. Parks Canada put up an electric fence around the campground to protect the tourists from bears. Sad.
Of course there are Grizzlies at Lake Louise, not at Whistler.
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