The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast

by Ian McAllister, Karen McAllister

Explores the area between Vancouver Island and the Alaska border

Genres: Travel, Science, Nonfiction, Photography, Canada

143 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Born in Vancouver, Ian McAllister has become a leading Canadian advocate for coastal rainforest and marine wildlife protection. An award-winning author and photographer he is the founder of the wildlife conservation group Pacific Wild. He has spent the last twenty years documenting large carnivores that inhabit the rugged north coast of British Columbia. His research has been featured in many international television documentaries, films, magazines and other publications.

He is the author of four books on the carnivores of the BC coast and has been the recipient of a number of awards including the (NANPA) North American Nature Photographers Vision Award, along with his wife, Karen McAllister, he was named one of the "leaders for the 21st Century" by Time magazine. He is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and lives with his family on the central coast of British Columbia in Heiltsuk First Nation territory. His current work focuses on the predator prey relationships, inspired by salmon, along the north Pacific.

Reviews

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loads of info and the photos are amazing! I loved learning about the Kermode Bear; I thought it was an albino, but no. Just amazing. I am glad more of the rainforest is being preserved. The hunting and logging and such, has to be stopped. I hope I can one day get up to western Canada to see the forest myself. I'm looking forward to the hardback book as I am sure the photos in the book will be stunning. great addition to a wildlife collection.

I received a Kindle ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review.

[Omar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great pictures, nice development, i'm going for the last ones of McAllister

[Rhoda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing guided tour into a remote and beautiful part of North America. Well worth reading, if you can find the book. Most of us will not have personal opportunities to see this part of the world and this book will expand your understanding and appreciation of the temperate rain forest and its interrelationships with not only the indigenous life but our own lives. And truly incredible photography!