Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Brenna Owen
Publication Date: May 9, 2025 - 09:54
A grey whale named ‘Little Patch’ charms people along the seawall in Vancouver
May 9, 2025
A grey whale known as Little Patch has been mesmerizing onlookers in the waters off of Vancouver for weeks, sparking a sense of connection as it stops to feed in the busy region before migrating northward.Cari Siebrits first went to the seawall along the shores of West Vancouver, B.C., on April 9 in hopes of seeing Little Patch, and arrived to find the whale so close to shore she could hear it breathing as it surfaced.
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“It’s been just such an amazing experience to visit an area of the world where less than one per cent of the world’s population has visited,” said Cmdr. Teri Share, the skipper of Margaret Brooke.
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