average a ton to each foot. A whale weighing 

 sixty tons, which is a fair average for estimation, 

 will yield approximately six tons of oil, three 

 and a half tons of body meat, three and a half 

 tons of guano and three hundred pounds of 

 whale bone. Every portion of the mammal is 

 capable of utilization, a specimen of the size 

 taken for estimation being worth, in aggregate 

 revenue, nearly $1,000. 



In 1920, there were three whaling stations 

 operating along the British Columbia coast with 

 ten vessels actively engaged in prosecuting the 

 hunt. The stations are located at Kyuquot 

 Sound, and Rose Harbor on Vancouver Island, 

 and at Naden Harbor, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Extension of the Industry 



In 1920, the Vancouver Island Whaling 

 Company was formed with a station at Barkley 

 Sound, and operations are commencing this 

 spring with four whaling vessels. A modern plant 

 is being erected at Berkley Sound equipped with 

 the latest labor-saving devices for the extraction 

 of oil. The company is headed by experts in the 

 whaling industry, and a number of returned 

 soldiers will be given employment in the various 

 phases of the company's activities. The opera- 

 tion, it is expected, will considerably add to the 

 importance of the industry off the Pacific coast, 

 increase the provincial catch and enlarge the 

 revenue. 



The oil extracted from the whale is the most 

 profitable by-product, of which about 80,000 

 gallons, worth approximately $100,000, were 

 exported from the Dominion in 1920. The best 

 of the meat of the whale is canned for human con- 

 sumption, being fully as nutritive and appetizing 

 as canned beef or mutton. More than 2,500 

 cwts. of this meat valued at nearly $20,000 

 left the Dominion last year, going almost entirely 

 to the United States, Fiji and Samoa. A cam- 

 paign is necessary to educate people to the high 

 quality and valuable properties of this canned 

 product before an extensive market for it can be 

 created. The residue of the blubber and meat 

 are converted into guano and glue, the body 

 bones are crushed and used for fertilizer, and the 

 jaw bones utilized by corset and comb factories. 

 A new feature was introduced into the industry 

 in 1920 by cutting the meat into cubes of twelve 

 to eighteen inches dimensions, freezing them and 

 shipping them to Japan, where there exists a 

 ready market. 



The whaling industry on the Pacific coast 

 shows every indication of extending to the pro- 

 portions justified by the wideness of the field. 

 The introduction of a new company, vastly 

 increasing the scope of operations, alone would 

 augur this. With the education of peoples to a 

 use of whalemeat in diet, greater profit awaits 

 the Canadian whaling industry. 



Departmental Publications 



Any of the following publications will be sent 

 free on request. 



Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A descriptive 

 statistical booklet on the three prairie provinces with 

 full information on the West. 



The Park Lands of Central Alberta. Descriptive of 

 the area tributary to the Calgary and Edmonton line 

 of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Alberta. History, 

 description of soils, development, lands open for 

 settlement, and information for settlers. 



Irrigation Farming in Sunny Alberta. Full description 

 of Alberta's irrigated lands, their progress, production 

 and possibilities. 



Business and Industrial Opportunities in Western 

 Canada. Full listings of industries existing and 

 business openings in the provinces of Western 

 Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and 

 British Columbia. 



Canadian Pacific Reserve Farm Lands in Lloyd- 

 minster and Battleford Districts. Information 

 of Canadian Pacific lands in these districts, history, 

 farming information, progress, and possibilities. 



Canada's System of Government. Canadian govern- 

 ment briefly outlined to portray its democratic traits. 



The Story of Canadian Nickel. History of the nickel 

 mining industry. 



Canadian Oil Exploitation and Prospects. An expert 

 engineer's history of Canadian oil development and 

 future possibilities. 



Canadian Water Power Development. Authoritative 

 and exhaustive survey of water power reserves and 

 possible development. 



Paper Pulp from Flax Straw. An investigation 

 engineer shows the possibility of the development of 

 a new industry in the West. 



A Canadian Grain Handling Plant. How Canadian 

 grain is stored and shipped: Authoritative article on 

 Canadian elevators. 



Value of a Settler to Canadian Railroads. Computa- 

 tion from reliable statistics of a farming settler's 

 revenue-producing worth to Canadian railroads. 



Bituminous Sands of the Athabasca Region. 



Description with known values, and possibilities of 

 development of the widely known tar sands of 

 Northern Alberta. 



The New Canadian Oil Field. Dealing with the Arctic 

 oil region of the new strike. 



Water Powers of the Maritimes. Authoritative article 

 on the undeveloped power systems of the Eastern 

 provinces. 



Water Powers of Manitoba. The water powers of this 

 province dealt with exhaustively. 



Oleomargarine. History of oleomargarine in Canada 

 and its future prospects. 



Synopses of Natural Resources. Forty-five pamphlets 

 dealing briefly but concisely with Kaolin or China 

 Clay, Oil Shales, Mica, Fluor-spar, Asbestos, Molyb- 

 denum, Magnesite, Fruit, Flax Fibre, Nickel, Coal, 

 Clays, Salt, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Pyrites, Iron, 

 Potash, Talc, Feldspar, Platinum, Phosphate (apatite), 

 Manganese, Graphite, Cement, Barytes, Gypsum, 

 Irrigation, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Corundum, 

 Sulphates of Sodium and Magnesium, Timber and 

 Pulpwood, Fish, Fur, Peat, Grazing Lands, Mineral 

 Waters, Building and Ornamental Stone, Whaling, 

 Sealing, Wheat, Oats and Barley, and Water Powers. 



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