Residents in Yellowknife’s Niven Lake and Gitzel Street areas reported black bear sightings on Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
Jim Gardiner shared video footage of a bear seen clambering up a tree next to the Niven trail at around 10:20pm on Monday. He said the sighting had been reported to wildlife officers.
“It growled at us, but we are safe,” Gardiner wrote, advising that residents “be cautious about late-night walks.”
“I just saw a black bear walking down the path from the parking lot right outside our house on Gitzel Street,” Jenny Pohl said early on Tuesday by email.
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“He was ambling towards the walking trail taking himself for a walk. It was just after 5am and it looked very handsome and gentle. Not a cub but not huge.”
The territorial government maintains a bear safety webpage including safety tips and contact information for reporting bears in communities.
