Local veteran paddler surprised by close encounter with 20-plus Pacific white-sided dolphins.
Squamish's Kevin Trotter was doing his usual training route on his stand-up paddleboard Wednesday morning before work—from the Mamquam Blind Channel, past Squamish Terminals and to the log sort and back—when a pod of dolphins was suddenly coming straight for him."This is going to be something."After seeing the video, B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall confirmed that they are Pacific white-sided dolphins.
"They generated quite the wake," he said, adding he hadn't seen that many dolphins that close up before.
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