And sometimes even the 50 to 100 boats that seek them each day from April to October have no idea where they are. Their patterns have been painstakingly recorded by researchers, and to a certain extent they are predictable: The orcas will follow the rich runs of chum salmon through the waters of Haro Strait.īut they also go where they will. For modern drama, look to 90 'resident' orcas, traveling in pods called J, K and L, tied unerringly to their matriarchs and faithfully to this island.
