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Coal Harbour (Vancouver Island, B.C.)
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Blow the wild whale

Industrial film. BC Packers (Western Canadian Whaling Ltd.) whaling operations, based at Coal Harbour. Whaling ship departs; whale is sighted and harpooned; whale struggles and dies. Flensing and processing of whale carcass at Coal Harbour -- products are frozen ground whale meat and mink feed. Sequence on preparation of harpoons, followed by another whaling trip aboard the "Polar V". Several sequences appear to be in slow motion.

Ocean highway

Industrial film. Operations of Island Tug & Barge. Includes: historical background on coastal towboating; company's repair & maintenance facilities in Victoria; tugboats at work; a trip with the freight barge "Island Express" to Beaver Cove, Coal Harbour whaling station and Port Alice; barges "Island Exporter" and "Island Importer" carry limestone to Oregon from quarries at Blubber Bay on Texada Island; construction and launching of "Island Yarder", the world's largest self-loading/self-dumping log barge, which is seen loading at Kimsquit and towed to Burrard Inlet for dumping; railcar barges; chemical transportation barge "Island Pine"; other uses of barges to transport bulk cargoes.

Ocean highway : [out-takes]

Out-takes. Operations of Island Tug & Barge. Footage may include: historical background on coastal towboating; company's repair & maintenance facilities in Victoria; tugboats at work; a trip with the freight barge "Island Express" to Beaver Cove, Coal Harbour whaling station and Port Alice; barges "Island Exporter" and "Island Importer" carry limestone to Oregon from quarries at Blubber Bay on Texada Island; construction and launching of "Island Yarder", the world's largest self-loading/self-dumping log barge, which is seen loading at Kimsquit and towed to Burrard Inlet for dumping; railcar barges; chemical transportation barge "Island Pine"; other uses of barges to transport bulk cargoes.

Thar she blows

Industrial film. BC Packers (Western Canadian Whaling Ltd.) whaling operations, based at Coal Harbour in Quatsino Sound. The whaling vessel "Polar V" leaves on a voyage. Preparation of equipment, including harpoons and harpoon gun. A whale is sighted, pursued and harpooned; it struggles, dies, and is flagged. The onboard scenes continue, showing more harpoon preparation, hunting and killing of whales. Whale is towed to Coal Harbour, where the flensing, butchering and processing of the carcass is shown. The "Polar V" sets out again; in very rough seas, another whale is pursued and killed.

[Whaling, ca. 1950]

Footage. Whaling operations of BC Packers (Western Canadian Whaling Ltd.) out of Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island. Scenes aboard whaling ship; sighting of whale; preparation of harpoon; whale struggling; flensing and processing of the whale's carcass at Coal Harbour.

Coal Harbour

The item is a b&w print photograph of Coal Harbour taken by Norgate on July 15, 1894. It shows buildings on the shore.

Coal Harbour

The item is a b&w print photograph of Coal Harbour taken by Norgate on July 15, 1894. A fish drying rack can be seen.

Coal Harbour

The item is a b&w print photograph of Coal Harbour taken by Norgate on July 15, 1894.

Lake near Coal Harbour

The item is a b&w print photograph of Coal Harbour taken by Norgate on July 15, 1894. It shows a lake near the harbour.

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