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The Last Beluga Fisherman
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Operating permit and concession to fish beluga, signed by Intendant Raudot
1 of 31 		Beluga fishing plan, previously the property of the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
2 of 31 		Beluga captured at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière fishery
3 of 31 		Share certificate for the Compagnie de la Pêche aux marsouins de Rivière-Ouelle
4 of 31 		Poles making up the beluga fishing "rond" or "raccroc" (curved line)
5 of 31 		Men with beluga catch
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Fishermen with their horses in the river's icy waters
7 of 31 		Men at high tide hauling in the belugas caught in the poles
8 of 31 		Iron spontoon head
9 of 31 		Two of Émile Lizotte's harpoons (left) and spontoons used to kill belugas
10 of 31 		Émile Lizotte killing a beluga with a spontoon
11 of 31 		House on the point, where the employees lived
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Postcard of a successful beluga catch
13 of 31 		Men using high tide to retrieve the belugas that were caught
14 of 31 		Horse hauling beluga carcass ashore
15 of 31 		Boy hauling a recently captured beluga ashore
16 of 31 		Beluga fishery employees stripping a mammal of its blubber
17 of 31 		Carving up a beluga using knives and iron hooks
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