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On the mainland coast of British Colombia, the Great Bear Rainforest stretches for more than 250 miles. Born of a complex interaction between ocean, mountains, forest and rain, this is a land of mist-shrouded valleys and glacier-cut fjords, old-growth forests and rich salmon streams. At 21 million acres, it is part of the largest remaining coastal temperate rainforest on Earth.
Hagensborg is located a quick, 10-minute drive (14 km/9.3 miles) east of Bella Coola, and is home to many descendants of the original Norwegian families that settled the Valley in 1893. Today visitors can see the Augsburg Church and the Norwegian Heritage House, built in those first few years of homesteading. A large grocery store, known locally as Hagensborg Mercantile, offers a wide range of food, hardware and great fishing supplies.
Source: Tourism British Columbia, the Nature Conservancy
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