Chilcotin, British Columbia Photography | Jon McCormack Photography

British Columbia, North America

Every year hundreds of grizzly bears converge at British Columbia's Chilkotin River to gorge on sockeye salmon.

A grizzly bear is backlit by the later adternoon sun in the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on a sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub sits on the bank of the Chilkotin River in British Columbia during fall.

A grizzly bear is backlit by the later adternoon sun in the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on a sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear walks along the bank of the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

Two grizzly bear cubs play in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia in fall.

A grizzly bear runs through the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear tossed a sockeye salmon in the air in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear walks along the bank of the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear walks along the bank of the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon near the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A young grizzly bear runs through the Chilkotin River in fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear and her cub feed on sockeye salmom in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A male grizzly bear swims in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A femaie grizzly bear and ger three cubs feed on sockeey salmon near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A male and female bald eagle perch in a tree near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A mother grizzly bear feeds on a sockeye salmon while it's cub looks on near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub nuzzles it's mother near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub walks among grasses near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A female adult grizzly bear stands to get a better view near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

Two young grizzly cubs play near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A young grizzly bear mother play with her cubs near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub feeds on a dead salmon near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A bald eagle sits in a tree near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

An adult bear cub feeds on a sockeye salmon in a the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub standing on a tree branch near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A mother grizzly bear standing on a tree branch near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A mother grizzly bear and her cub standing on a tree branch near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A mother grizzly bear and her cub look for salmon near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A two year old grizzly bear cub feeds on sockeye dead salmon near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A sub-adult grizzly bear catches a sockeye salmon near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A bald eagle flys with a dead bird near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub walks through the grass near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A female grizzly bear during light rain near Chilko Lake in Chilkotin, British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub climbs down the river bank of the Chilkotin River in British Columbia during fall.

A grizzly bear is backlit by the later adternoon sun in the Chilkotin River during fall in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear cub fishes on the bank of the Chilkotin River in British Columbia during fall.

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear feeds on sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly swims in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly bear shakes off water in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A bald eagle in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly and cub fish for sockeye salmon in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A grizzly in the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A closeup of a grizzly next to the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A closeup of a grizzly next to the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A closeup of a grizzly next to the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

A closeup of a grizzly next to the Chilkotin River in British Columbia

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