Alert Bay - Rich with Native Culture and Arts

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Alert Bay is located on Cormorant Island, along the BC Inside Passage.   This crescent-shaped island is situated just off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, approximately 180 miles by water from the city of Vancouver. Located on the beautiful Inside Passage of British Columbia, Alert Bay can be reached by taking a 40-minute ferry ride from Port McNeill. 

Alert Bay has a population of approx.1700 people, with 1,000 First Nations residents and 700 white people.  The town is very picturesque and full of history.  Residents are proud of the First Nations heritage and are  very friendly to visitors.

There are many reasons to visit Alert Bay.  Its beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, native culture, history, saltwater fishing.....  Alert Bay is known as the "home of the killer whale" and has the tallest totem pole in BC.  It also has an excellent First Nations museum containing potlach paraphernalia that were confiscated during the early 1900 in an attempt by the white settlers and the missionaries to assimilate the native Indians as they call "remove the Indian out of them".  Some of the items on display are letters by Indian chiefs protesting the confiscation.  

Alert Bay in the early 1900

some of the museum display

Alert Bay graveyard

Alert Bay waterfront breakwater