Bears in Hyder Alaska
July 24-27, 2015

As per the sign below, bears often walk on the road, through the parking lot and along the dike. These are wild bears. For your own safety, please respect their need for space in and avoid confrontations with bears.

The Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Bridge is a day-use recreation area at the Salmon River Valley in Hyder, Alaska. There is a daily entry fee. From this bridge, both brown grizzly and black bears can be observed and photographed in their natural habitat in this beautiful glacial river valley, as they fish for chum and pink salmon in the clear shallow Waters of Fish Creek. Bears use the site from mid-July through early September, following the arrival of salmon that return to the fresh waters of he creek to spawn. The site is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Forest Service employees are at the site to provide information about the bears and also, enforce site rules, and answer questions.

The bridge as seen from the road

The opposite side of the bridge
where bears do not go

The first bear the two RV gypsies saw was a bear new to the area (according to the ranger), and it got scared by the people and cameras on the viewing bridge and did not come very close.

The next bear the two RV Gypsies saw from the viewing bridge was a sow.

The third bear the two RV Gypsies saw from the viewing bridge was a male.

Another bear

July 25 - Lee Duquette went to the viewing bridge by himself early in the morning while Karen Duquette was still sleeping and he saw a bear playing in the water.

July 25 - bear # 2

July 25 - bear #2 - "Mr. Hang Lip" caught a fish

July 25 - bear # 3

July 25 - bear #4

A bald eagle and a bird

July 26 - bear #1

A baby bald eagle. Some people thought it was a golden eagle because it did not have the white head, but the ranger said that there are not any golden eagles in this area.

Many other bald eagles were seen, mostly young ones, but they were flying overhead and Karen could not get good photos of them.

Everyone thought the eagle would chase the bird away, but they co-existed just fine.

July 26 - bear #2

The two RV Gypsies were pleased with the bears they saw here. However, when they were in Hyder in 2009, they saw a lot more bears, and many of the bears were in the road and parking lot, not just a the viewing river.

Scenery Travel from Hyder, Alaska back into British Columbia - July 28, 2015

The below waterfall and river close to the road were photographed on the way into Hyder, and now, again on the way out of Hyder.

Entering British Columbia, Canada

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