BC Ferries ship stops to let black bear swim past

Lengthy waits and ferry delaysare to be expected on the May long weekend.

But BC Ferries had a pretty good excuse when one of its vessels stopped Saturday morning near its terminal in Nanaimo, B.C.

The Queen of Oak Bay pausedoutside of Departure Bay to let a black bear swim past, the ferry operator said on Twitter.

A photo shared online showed a police vessel nearby.

BC Ferries seemed keen to, ahem, bear the extremely B.C.news.

Shortly after it tweeted the update, the bear puns ensued.

We can only paws-tulate that the humour is bear-ied in there somewhere.

BC Ferries has15 extra sailings on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route over the long weekend.