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The Last Beluga Fisherman
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Interior view of the Palais de l'Industrie built for the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris
1 of 27 		Snowshoe tracks left in rock by la Jongleuse, and the protective cross
2 of 27 		Cross near the rocks where the legendary snowshoe tracks can be seen
3 of 27 		Beluga captured at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière fishery
4 of 27 		The last beluga fisherman, Émile Lizotte, tells the story of the family fishery
5 of 27 		Men with beluga catch
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Men killing belugas caught inside the poles
7 of 27 		House on the point, where the employees lived
8 of 27 		Horse hauling beluga carcass ashore
9 of 27 		Boy hauling a recently captured beluga ashore
10 of 27 		Carving up a beluga using knives and iron hooks
11 of 27 		The two buildings in which beluga blubber was melted, and the stable in the background
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Beam similar to the one used by Émile Lizotte to separate blubber from skin
13 of 27 		Belugas on the shore before being cut up
14 of 27 		Émile Lizotte on his farm in Pointe-de-Rivière-Ouelle
15 of 27 		Gathering during the extraordinary catch of 1929
16 of 27 		Dignitaries and Joseph Lizotte Sr., during the extraordinary catch of May 1929
17 of 27 		Children among belugas during the extraordinary catch of May 1929
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