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Pacific Northwest’s Whaling Coast (Images of America)

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Pacific Northwest waters from Alaska to Oregon lie between the Arctic whaling grounds and the house whaling ports of San Francisco and Honolulu. Whilst the Pacific Northwest used to be not a whaling destination, whales in these wealthy grounds were pursued for a few years as whale ships moved between the whalers’ summer whaling grounds and southern home ports. After 1900, whaling within the north Pacific changed from sailing ships to up to date, steam-powered iron ships and harpoon cannons. Land stations were built along southern Alaska, Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and Washington State. The new “killer” ships brought whales to these land stations for flensing and for rendering into oil, fertilizer, and other products. All these products were shipped to Seattle and San Francisco on steamers and factory ships on the end of the season. Originally of the season, supplies and workers were shipped up from Seattle to resupply and repopulate the stations.

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