Canada's Great Bear Rainforest

At 15.8 million acres, Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is the largest coastal temperate rain forest in the world, alive with 1,000-year-old Western red cedars, 800-foot waterfalls, a scattering of First Nations communities who’ve lived here for 14,000 years, and more wildlife than annual visitors. It’s accessible only by boat, floatplane, or helicopter. Beyond the usual black bears and grizzlies, it’s also home to the spirit bear—an extremely rare white-furred creature found almost exclusively on a few islands 100 miles south of the Alaska border. 

From “Wild Things” by Rachel Levin for Sunset

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