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I was under the impression that brown bears were along the Alaskan Coast, and since the panhandle and some of the BC coast neighbour, we would have some as well. However, how far south does the brown bear's range extend? The bears I saw around the Dean Channel (Bella Coola) were big, but not that big. Would you consider these bears a subspecies (Lesser Brown Bear)? The wildlife branch here does not draw a distinction between the bears on the coast and the ones in the interior.