Bella Bella, the town that solved suicide – Macleans.ca
September 22, 2016
How remote Bella Bella emerged from its ‘dark time’ by reconnecting troubled youth with the land
The airport in Bella Bella is a one-room shack with plastic chairs and a resident tabby cat. Last Friday, as gale force winds lashed the windows, she padded across the laps of a dozen foreign tourists outfitted in thousands of dollars in dark Gore-Tex gear before dozing off on one of their backpacks.
The soggy Brits, Germans and Australians packing the remote airport on Campbell Island, on B.C.’s Central Coast, are among an increasing number of tourists flocking to the region. Royalty—Prince William and his wife, Kate, will touch down here next Monday during their Western Canadian tour—and global travellers alike come to see grizzly bears and the rare, cream-coloured Kermode bear up close.
Read More: http://www.macleans.ca/news/bella-bella-the-town-that-solved-suicide/
