Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Apr 28, 2005 - History - 264 pages
Modern shore-station whaling on Canada's eastern shores developed with the spread of Norwegian-dominated whaling from local areas where stocks that had been depleted by new hunting technologies to more productive locations in the North Atlantic and elsewhere. Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador adds to a growing number of regionally specific case studies that collectively illustrate the complex nature of the history of global whaling. Dickinson and Sanger further demonstrate how participants in the industry were instrumental in developing other whaling initiatives, including those in British Columbia.
 

Contents

1 The Setting
3
2 Development
22
3 Expansion and Consolidation 18981902
33
4 Expansion 190203
45
5 The Peak 1904
62
6 The First Decline 190517
74
7 Expansion and Decline at Aquaforte
84
8 Newfoundland and British Columbia Whaling Connections
102
9 Renewal and Revitalization in Newfoundland and Labrador 191851
114
10 The Final Demise 195272
131
Epilogue
142
APPENDICES
151
Abbreviations
169
Bibliography
217
Index
241
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Anthony B. Dickinson is professor, Department of Biology, and director, International Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has also worked in southern hemisphere whaling and sealing.

Chesley W. Sanger is professor emeritus, Department of Geogr

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