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Pacific Rim Whale Festival: Build-A-Whale

  • Long Beach Lodge Resort 1441 Pacific Rim Highway Tofino, BC, V0R 2Z0 Canada (map)

A Pacific Rim Whale Festival Maritime Kids Week Event

Join Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society and Parks Canada at the Long Beach Lodge Resort for an afternoon of reconstructing a real Killer Whale skeleton! Build-A-Whale is an interactive program that allows participants to help rebuild the skeleton of an offshore Killer Whale bone-by-bone while learning about the biology, ecology, anatomy, evolution, and conservation of killer whales and other marine mammals. To learn more about Build-A-Whale, click HERE.

Suitable for all ages! Stop by anytime between 1:00PM and 4:00PM. This is your chance to get up close and personal with a real whale skeleton and ask questions to experts from Parks Canada and Strawberry Isle Marine Research.

This is a Pacific Rim Whale Festival button event. Buttons are a $5 suggested donation and will be available on site.  Masks are recommended when in close proximity to other participants.

Earlier Event: October 30
30th Anniversary Fundraiser - Halloween Cruise
Later Event: March 26
Marine Mammals & Mariners Workshop