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A Timeline of the Humpback Whale of the St-Lawrence

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Title (Dublin Core)

A Timeline of the Humpback Whale of the St-Lawrence

Description (Dublin Core)

Also available in french/ Aussi disponible en francais. A definitive timeline of sightings of the humpback whale which frequented populated areas of the Saint Lawrence River (including Montreal and Quebec City) between May 24 and June 9, when its carcass was discovered. It was written by the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) which looks to follow and preserve the marine mammals of the St-Lawrence ecosystem in their online magazine Whales Online/Baleines en Direct.
The rare siting of so large a whale so far upstream brought joy to those who witnessed it and contributed to the overall feeling that nature is flourishing as traffic decreases due to the pandemic. However, the whale's necropsy showed it likely died after being struck by one of the large vessels which ply the St-Lawrence regularly.
nature, animals, environment

Date (Dublin Core)

May 24, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM)

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

online magazine article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Source (Dublin Core)

Whales Online

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Environment & Landscape
English Animals
English News coverage

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

nature
whales
environment
St. Lawrence River
marine

Collection (Dublin Core)

Environment

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/15/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/20/2020
10/03/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/24/2020

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This item was submitted on June 15, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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