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The Last Beluga Fisherman
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Inuit sculpture - Man riding a beluga
1 of 18 		Beluga captured at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière fishery
2 of 18 		Fishermen with their horses in the river's icy waters
3 of 18 		Men at high tide hauling in the belugas caught in the poles
4 of 18 		Two of Émile Lizotte's harpoons (left) and spontoons used to kill belugas
5 of 18 		Men killing belugas caught inside the poles
6 of 18
Men using high tide to retrieve the belugas that were caught
7 of 18 		Horse hauling beluga carcass ashore
8 of 18 		Boy hauling a recently captured beluga ashore
9 of 18 		Beluga fishery employees stripping a mammal of its blubber
10 of 18 		Workers start cutting up belugas, even before all are on the beach
11 of 18 		Intercolonial Railway locomotive and cars
12 of 18
Wooden trunk covered in beluga leather that belonged to Thomas Chapais
13 of 18 		On the right, a 100-gallon barrel, like those used to store beluga oil
14 of 18 		Postcard of the extraordinary catch of May 1929
15 of 18 		Man hunting beluga with a gun, possibly for the $15-per-tail premium
16 of 18 		Parliament Building, Legislative Assembly debates, 17th Legislature, 2nd Session
17 of 18 		Bombing a pod of belugas
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