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.

A kermode bear cub, also known as a spirt bear, near Terrace, B.C. in May 2025, as captured using a zoom lens by Shelley Lindaas. Lindaas encourages people to understand that wildlife ...

It's a male bear standing at 100 pounds, with blonde coloring. Since the bear has an all-white coat and cinnamon coloring on the back of its head and neck, it makes the bear a Kermode bear or ...

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.

WATCH: A family of bears crossing the road in northern B.C., including a rare Kermode bear cub. Video was taken on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace, showing a black bear family ...