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The Last Beluga Fisherman
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Inuit fishing belugas
1 of 50 		Basque fisherman
2 of 50 		Beluga captured at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière fishery
3 of 50 		Poles for weir fishing, like those used by Émile Lizotte
4 of 50 		Poles making up the beluga fishing "rond" or "raccroc" (curved line)
5 of 50 		Remnant of the end of a broken pole in the mud
6 of 50
Men with beluga catch
7 of 50 		Fishermen with their horses in the river's icy waters
8 of 50 		Men at high tide hauling in the belugas caught in the poles
9 of 50 		Iron spontoon head
10 of 50 		Two of Émile Lizotte's harpoons (left) and spontoons used to kill belugas
11 of 50 		Men killing belugas caught inside the poles
12 of 50
Émile Lizotte killing a beluga with a spontoon
13 of 50 		House on the point, where the employees lived
14 of 50 		Postcard of a successful beluga catch
15 of 50 		Men using high tide to retrieve the belugas that were caught
16 of 50 		Horse hauling beluga carcass ashore
17 of 50 		Boy hauling a recently captured beluga ashore
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