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| Title | Skana, an orca whale, performs at the Vancouver Aquarium, ca. 1975 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1975 |
| Notes | On verso of image: Skana, a 17 foot killer whale, in the BC Tel Pool of the Vancouver Public Aquarium.
Filed in British Columbia--Vancouver |
| Contextual Notes | In 1967 a killer whale named Walter, which had been caught off the Washington coast, was brought to Vancouver for the annual Boat Show. The whale was purchased by the Aquarium and, when it was realized that he was a she, renamed Skana. Skana soon became the Aquarium's star attraction.
The following year a group of whales were caught in Pender Harbour. A small male originally called Peanuts and later named Hyak was purchased and brought to the Aquarium. Hyak would be Skana's companion until her death in 1980. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Aquariums--British Columbia--Vancouver; Animal shows--British Columbia--Vancouver; Spectators--British Columbia--Vancouver |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Skana (Killer whale); Vancouver Aquarium; Killer whales--British Columbia--Vancouver; Animal trainers--British Columbia--Vancouver |
| Location Depicted | Canada--British Columbia--Vancouver |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0728
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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