Grouse Mountain
Mountain wildlife refuge and gondola-topped peak with panoramic city and ocean views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Grouse Mountain in Vancouver tells how two orphaned grizzly cubs, Grinder and Coola, ended up living on this mountainside after being rescued in 2001, one found starving on a logging road near Invermere and the other orphaned when a truck killed his mother near Bella Coola. It traces the makeshift wildlife refuge Grouse Mountain's owners built for them, fenced but wild, with ponds and trees to roam. Look for Coola submerged in the pond, or Grinder ambling underneath the trees nearby.
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