An estimated 100-300 Kermode bears live in the Great Bear Rainforest, specifically on the Gribbell and Princess Royal Islands. They are considered a unique color phase of the American black bear.

The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest coastal temperate rainforest on Earth, spanning 6.4 million hectares.Its landscape is diverse, consisting of forests, glacial fjords, and hot springs.

The video was taken on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace shows a black bear family, including a young spirit bear, heading into the forest.

Long thought to be cousins of the polar bear, these creamy-white animals are, in fact, Kermode bears (a subspecies of the black bear) that have pale coats owing to a genetic variant.

it makes the bear a Kermode bear or better known as the spirit bear. Kermode bears typically are found along islands in British Columbia and black bears are more so found in the eastern parts of ...

Used with permission from photographer On the two islands, spirit bears are relatively common. They make up about 20 percent of the local population of their subspecies—the Kermode bear—with ...