For information on the viewing sites in each region, or on which sites are commonly
accessed from each
gateway community in that region, click on the appropriate name
below.

o  Arctic Coast
*   Spitzbergen
*   Churchill
*   Kaktovik & Barter Island - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
*   Point Barrow
*   Siberia:  Magadan

o  Siberia
*   Wrangle Island
*   Kamchatka Peninsula

o  Interior Alaska
*    Fairbanks
*    Healy, Cantwell, & Kantishna
*    Anchorage
*    Glenallen
*    Cooper Center & Chitna
*    McCarthy
*    Whitehorse
*    Haines Junction & Destruction Bay


Southcentral Alaska

o  Bristol Bay

o  Alaska Peninsula
*    King Salmon & western Katmai National Park
*    Northern Katmai Coast
*    Central Katmai Coast
*    Southern Katmai Coast
*    Egegik & Lake Beharof
*    Chignik
*    Ivanof
*    Cold Bay & False Pass

o  Kodiak Island
*    Kodiak
*    Larsen Bay

o   Anchorage
*    Western Side of Cook Inlet

o  Kenai Peninsula
*    Western Kenai Peninsula & Cook Inlet
*    Western Side of Cook Inlet
*    Soldotna & Sterling
*    Kenai & Nikiski
*    Homer
*    Eastern Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound & Resurrection Bay
*    Portage, Whittier & Prince William Sound
*    Seward (Resurrection Bay) & Moose Pass
*    Cooper Landing, Upper Kenai River, & Russian River


Gulf Coast & Prince William Sound
*    Cordova
*    Valdez
*    Whitier

Southeast Alaska
*    Yakutat
*    Gustavus
*    Juneau & Admiralty Island
*    Chichagof Island
*    Haines & Skagway
*    Sitka & Baranof Island
*    Kake & Kupreanof – Kuiu Island
*    Petersburg
*    Wrangell
*    Ketchikan
*    Hyder & Stewart

Coastal British Columbia
*    Prince Rupert & Khutzemateen
*    Bella Coola & Princess Royal Island
*    Northern Vancouver Island
*    Whistler & Garabaldi Park

Interior of Western North America
o   Sierra Mountains
o   Rocky Mountains
o   BC-Alberta border
o   Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
o   Yellowstone & Grand Tetons National Parks
o   Rocky Mountains National Park
o   Riding Mountain National Park

Interior of Central and Eastern North America
o   Minnesota
o   Ontario
o   Adirondack Mountains
o   Appalachian Mountains
Regions with bear viewing sites
and their gateway communities
Bear Viewing Association
                       To watch, to wonder, and to conserve
Index of  Bear  Webpages
Bear Viewing Association
To watch, to wonder, and to conserve
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Ph/Fax (907) 260-9059 (Office)
39200 Alma Ave.    Soldotna, AK  99669
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