The Bears of Hull Island
Are there bears in the area? Have you seen any on Hull Island? After years of being asked this question, I could unequivocally say yes a few years ago when I was alone and a grizzly bear walked through the camp. This year the bears were back in force and we had nine bear sightings on Hull and many more in the area. In May as I was loading the boat for a trip to Eve River, I was surprised to see three large brown bears on Hull about 120' away on the shore east of the dock. I thought it was odd that the bears seemed to be traveling in a pack, then realized it was one adult and two large cubs. The bears were unfazed by my presence and I spent a few minutes watching them flip rocks to get at the crabs hiding beneath. On Hull, one adult, two children, all grizzly! One morning in July, Catherine reported a tourist boat floating close by off the shore of Hull. We all walked down to the landing to investigate and realized the tourists were watching two brown ...