Emerson’s Sunday stroll takes a toll on Oak Bay traffic
A watchful volunteer mans a stretch of beach near Queens’ Park in Oak Bay, where fisheries officials hope a young elephant seal will just stay put.
Cottrell and Emerson go way back. Far further than his stay in Greater Victoria waters. Last year, this time of year, Emerson finished his “catastrophic moult” not far from where he snoozed on Monday. The roster of volunteers take turns offering information to passersby and keeping an eye that Emerson doesn’t wander into the street, as he did the day before. Beach Drive was closed for several hours before Oak Bay police – much like their peers at Saanich police a couple weeks earlier – helped DFO steer young Emerson back into the water Sunday.
“He’s been all over different beaches in Oak Bay and Victoria the past week and a half, two weeks. It’s kind of like, it’s not Where’s Waldo it’s Where’s Emerson. So that’s been a challenge,” said Cottrell. “Of course we’re following him with the volunteers, the caution tape to protect him and the public, but it is a challenge. We’re hoping that he stays put here. He looks happy but we’ll see.
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