Hi all,

I saw the thread a few below about Vancouver Island, but I didn't want to hijack it (that's just bad manners!) and I have a slightly different question anyway.

The wife and I are thinking about our summer vacation next year (2011) and we are thinking about the Island. I get the impression the Island is good for wildlife (correct me if I'm wrong and should think of somewhere on the mainland BC instead). What I'm looking for is locations where it would be good to see/photograph lots of wildlife (not so keen on the aquatic stuff though so that has less priority), and that is in reasonable distance to civilization (so the wife has somewhere to drink coffee and read books when she's not in the mood for hiking!). I really don't have any knowledge to go on, so anything is helpful.

I live in Calgary BTW so we'll have a car.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Simon