A lot of excitement around the Island with the sighting of Belugas in two areas; one in Colville Bay near Souris and the other in the Hillsborough River at Mount Stewart. It's rare for a beluga whale to be in this part of the waters in Eastern Canada especially so far upriver from the ocean as Mount Stewart.
It is a beautiful day to go sight seeing and Mount Stewart is only about a 35 minute drive. A friend, Marie, and I decided to check out the area and see if the whale was going to show itself.
We were not disappointed. We spotted the bridge where onlookers were gathered to see the Beluga Whale. It didn’t take long and a white hump appeared in the waters below the bridge.
I wasn’t able to get a full body photo of the beluga for he/she only exposed part of the body when coming to the surface.
About every five minutes the beluga would pop some part of his body out of the water. It was almost as if it was putting on a little show for the onlookers.
A view from the bridge of the Hillsborough River where the beluga has taken up residence.
Some of the onlookers on the bridge waiting for the beluga to pop up.
When the beluga was recently discovered in PEI waters, people were lined up to get a look at this rare visitor and police had to monitor the crowds. They were warned to keep a distance from the beluga and not be using boats or kayaks to get a closer look,
Belugas are endangered and being gregarious are used to being around other belugas. This lone one may look for other companionship which may not be good for the whale. If the beluga becomes too comfortable in Mount Stewart it may not leave and return to a healthier habitat in the St. Lawrence estuary with it’s beluga friends.
Watch from a distance
Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, said it's "wonderful" for people to see the beluga, as long as they do it at a distance.
"These are really amazing animals. But it really is important that people are not doing anything to interact with it or, you know, throwing objects or things to try to attract it and never feeding them. So this really is really about the human behaviour in this situation, about how we can keep this animal safe as much as possible until it hopefully leaves on its own.
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This is a case for the marine biologists to figure out what brought the lone beluga here and how to get him back to his proper home.
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
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