A three-night stay in a wilderness lodge off Canada’s south-west coast is a stunning way to connect – with nature, not the internet.
Bears everywhere, sighted from boat tours or the lodge’s viewing huts.
As we clip on our life jackets and the seaplane’s propellors crank up, the six passengers aboard exchange excited but nervous smiles.
The youthful-looking pilot in the open cockpit taps buttons and pulls a lever as the seaplane hurtles down the bitumen runway outside the remote fishing village of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
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