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The Last Beluga Fisherman
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Beluga tail, pierced and with a cable attached, to anchor it to the "menoires"
19 of 36 		Beluga fishery employees stripping a mammal of its blubber
20 of 36 		Workers start cutting up belugas, even before all are on the beach
21 of 36 		Carving up a beluga using knives and iron hooks
22 of 36 		Men looking at belugas stripped of their skin and blubber
23 of 36 		Gaff head
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Belugas on the shore before being cut up
25 of 36 		Gathering during the extraordinary catch of 1929
26 of 36 		Dignitaries and Joseph Lizotte Sr., during the extraordinary catch of May 1929
27 of 36 		Children among belugas during the extraordinary catch of May 1929
28 of 36 		Extraordinary catch of May 1929
29 of 36 		Postcard of the extraordinary catch of May 1929
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Beluga cemetery, skulls from the extraordinary catch of 1929
31 of 36 		Beluga cemetery and cross at Pointe de la Rivière Ouelle
32 of 36 		Émile Lizotte working at his eel fishery
33 of 36 		Pointe de la Rivière Ouelle, once home to many belugas
34 of 36 		Georges-Henri Lizotte's eel fishing pot, with the cross on the rocky hills in the distance
35 of 36 		Georges-Henri Lizotte removes an eel from a fishing pot, like three generations before him
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