Updated 2021 Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe live in Maine and New Brunswick at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. They have always depended for their sustenance on marine animals and plants, including porpoise and whales. The following is … Continue reading WHALING: Passamaquoddy Tribe on Porpoise Hunting
Posted on October 21, 2018 by schsuser The Charlotte County Museum in Milltown New Brunswick has recently provided the Historical Society with some interesting photos from its collection. We recalled a newspaper story about Passamaquoddy whale hunters in the early …
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Continue reading WHALES – Passamaquoddy Tribe Whale Hunters take “Monster Whale” – 1912
This whole article gives a brilliant portrait of life one hundred years ago, but the whale tale was particularly revealing as it spoke to the continued pressure right whales have suffered along our Gulf of Maine coast for hundred of years.
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Great Auks, drawn by John James Audubon in Birds of America. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH/PUBLIC DOMAIN On December 20, 1792, …
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Continue reading MYSTERIES: What’s A Woggin? A Bird, a Word, and a Linguistic Mystery
Saltscapes Magazine – 2016 Red Bay, Labrador: Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site Written by Keith and Heather Nicol. Atlantic Canada lays claim to six of the 17 Canadian UNESCO World Heritage sites. Besides Red Bay, there are two others … Continue reading EXPLORE – A whale of a history in Labrador
Times have changed. This menu for a Luncheon at The American Museum of Natural History featured whale steak! Click to access menu-from-whale-steak-luncheon-given-by-the-american-museum-of-natural-history-in-the-interest-of-foo-1.pdf
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Continue reading WHALES: Whale was on the menu at the American Museum of Natural History, 1918
And there is more!! How whale oil created Unilever Click to access the-unending-history-of-whaling-article-2-margarine.pdf Continue reading THE UNENDING HISTORY OF WHALING – ARTICLE 2 – MARGARINE
How whale oil was replaced by a discovery in New Brunswick Click to access the-unending-history-of-whaling-article-1-kerosene.pdf
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EXPLORE ATLANTIC ALIVE From Cape Cod to labrador 