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The Last Beluga Fisherman
Images: Landscape

 
Inuit fishing belugas
1 of 55 		Pod of belugas
2 of 55 		Snowshoe tracks left in rock by la Jongleuse, and the protective cross
3 of 55 		Snowshoe tracks in rock, left by la Jongleuse
4 of 55 		Cross near the rocks where the legendary snowshoe tracks can be seen
5 of 55 		Beluga captured at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière fishery
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Poles for weir fishing, like those used by Émile Lizotte
7 of 55 		Poles making up the beluga fishing "rond" or "raccroc" (curved line)
8 of 55 		Men with beluga catch
9 of 55 		Fishermen with their horses in the river's icy waters
10 of 55 		Men at high tide hauling in the belugas caught in the poles
11 of 55 		Men killing belugas caught inside the poles
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Émile Lizotte killing a beluga with a spontoon
13 of 55 		House on the point, where the employees lived
14 of 55 		Postcard of a successful beluga catch
15 of 55 		Men using high tide to retrieve the belugas that were caught
16 of 55 		Horse hauling beluga carcass ashore
17 of 55 		Boy hauling a recently captured beluga ashore
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