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A family of orcas in Vancouver’s False Creek have sparked joy among the people who saw them.

It happened Sunday and was witnessed by Joanne Randle, who was travelling on False Creek Ferries, a small commuter service that transports people to and from Granville Island.

“All of a sudden, the captain announced that there were orcas ahead,” she recalled in an interview with Amy Bell, the guest host of CBC’s On the Coast. “There were only four of us on the boat; it was one of the old wooden ones, and all of us scrambled to the windows. They were only a few feet away … you could almost reach out and touch them.”

A video shared by Randle and False Creek Ferries shows whales cruising past highrise towers as the passengers gasp with delight.

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