Where is the Great Bear Rainforest?

The Great Bear Rainforest is a vast temperate rainforest on the central and northern coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is known for old-growth spruce and cedar forests, fjords, salmon-rich rivers, and wildlife including grizzly bears and the white-coated spirit bear, a rare black bear subspecies. The region spans roughly 6.4 million hectares, making it one of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforests. Conservation agreements in the 2000s and 2010s helped protect large parts of the area while allowing limited sustainable forestry. Its location on the Pacific coast gives it a cool, wet climate shaped by ocean air and mountains.