The Great Whale Robbery of Labrador
Basque whalers in the 1500s travelled to the very edge of their known universe in search of their gargantuan prey, and landed on the shores of a fog-shrouded bay in Labrador. In this unlikely setting, Canadiana revels in one of Canada's most absurd true crime stories: the tale of a Basque who stole from their rival, sparking a Spanish Supreme Court case that wouldn't be settled for nearly 20 years.
Canadian & Spanish history collides in a tale that was forgotten for centuries…
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Corrections/clarifications:
*There is a glaring mispronunciation in the episode that somehow slipped through months and months of pre and post-production. "Thule" is pronounced "Too-lee" or "Too-lay." We apologize profusely for this embarrassing error, and have no excuse for it.
*In the sequence of whale oil products, we listed candles, soap and paint. Sorry! This was an ERROR - one that we had actually corrected in the episode script, but on site we mistakenly recorded off the WRONG printed version! Whale oil was primarily used for machine lubrication. We didn't notice while editing, until we recently went to edit the French version of this episode (coming soon), which had been recorded on-site with the CORRECTED version: “manufacturing cloth and soap.”
*In the episode, we acknowledge that the Thule ancestors of the Inuit had been hunting sustainably for thousands of years before the Basques arrived. To say thousands is incorrect, as the ancestors of the present-day Inuit arrived in the Arctic roughly 500 years before, around 1050 CE. Newfoundland & Labrador were home to the Inuit, Innu, Mi’kmaq and Beothuk people long before the Basques arrived to hunt whales, but the Basques would have had minimal interaction with those inland and on the island of what is now known as Newfoundland.
*The demand for baleen/whalebone really only took off from the late 1500s; before then, the Basques were primarily returning to Europe with whale oil.
*Please note that “Torre” may be mispronounced (should be “t-OH-r-eh”)
16th Century Whaling:
Whaling in the 1500s was not for the faint of heart. As you see in this episode’s miniature recreations, whale hunters went out in crews of 7-8 men in mere row boats, called chalupas, which were only about 28 feet long. Once they managed to harpoon a whale, they would be dragged behind it with the rope attached, until the whale tired itself out. When it eventually succumbed to its injuries, the crew needed to row and tow an enormous whale back to their base (sometimes this required two chalupas in a train). It’s worth mentioning the captains may not have been on board the chalupas (though we’ve put them there for storytelling purposes).
Bowhead Whale Facts:
Bowhead whales have the largest mouth of any animal!
Were once considered the same as a Right Whale, but are now a distinct species
Were one of the earliest whaling targets, but a moratorium was passed to protect bowhead whales in 1996
Miniatures:
A SPECIAL THANKS to Ashley’s father, Mark Brook, who volunteered to design and build the miniature sets used to recreate the tale of the stolen whale!
Dr. Selma Barkham:
We mention this in the episode, but would like to reiterate: this story exists thanks to the intrepid Dr. Selma Barkham, a Canadian historian who unravelled the history of whaling in 16th century Labrador during the 1970s. Dr. Barkham was a widowed mother of four who taught herself Spanish before combing through Spanish archives for documents, including court records, in order to piece together this little-known part of Canadian history. Thanks to Barkham’s research, archeologists began to uncover artefacts in Red Bay in the 70s and 80s, and it is now a National Historic Site administered by Parks Canada!
Research Consultant:
A huge thank you to the incredibly helpful Dr. Michael Barkham, son of the late Dr. Selma Barkham, whom we interviewed for the hard-to-find details of this story!
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DESCRIBED VIDEO VERSION: vimeo.com/950814260/cd128ce84...
00:00 Intro
01:32 History of Basques & Labrador
03:57 Whaling History
05:58 Bowhead Whales + The Hunt
07:26 The Robbery
08:07 The Court Case
09:21 The End of Whaling
10:19 Dr. Selma Barkham
11:05 Bonus Story
#history #canadianhistory #miniatures #whaling
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A commenter has pointed out a very embarrassing mispronunciation on our part. "Thule" should be pronounced "Too-lee" or "Too-lay." We apologize for this error, we really hate making mistakes like that and bang our heads against the wall wondering how they could slip through the entire production process. This episode began as an idea for a 1-2 minute minisode and then, once we dove into the research, it kept growing and growing! And still we couldn't fit everything we wanted to into it. We encourage anyone who finds this topic as interesting as we do, to take this episode as a leaping-off point, and dive into the fascinating world of whaling in the North Atlantic. This is the tip of the iceberg. And if you can manage it, put Red Bay Labrador on your bucket list because it is an incredible place (among many incredible places in Labrador). The National Historic Site's museum is worth the trip alone! One of the facets of the whaling industry that we wish we had covered better is the fact that whale oil was equally (if not more) important in its use as lubricant as it was for light. Whale oil was foundational to the Industrial Revolution through the light needed to work into the night, and the lubricant needed to keep the machines running. There is a note in the description that covers a scripting blunder on our part that relates to the types of products whale oil was used for, as well as the time period. We will add more interesting facts and clarifications to the description in the coming days! Finally, this episode couldn't have been made without two people: Dr. Michael Barkham (Dr. Selma Barkham's son) and Mark Brook (Ashley's father). Michael provided his mother's research and his insight into facets of the story that were not possible for us to find elsewhere, and he helped edit the script. Mark Brook made all the miniature sets in the episode, on a volunteer basis. We are forever grateful to them.
@canaanval
3 ай бұрын
You also said that the Thule had been hunting whales for "thousands of years" when they had only reached Greenland in the 1300's (CE). The preceeding Dorset people didn't hunt large whales at all
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
@@canaanval We mentioned this in the description (and will add a card pointing out the possible discrepancy.) We are referring to the hunting of whales in the Arctic, going back to when the Thule first moved eastward from what we now call Alaska. But even so, our statement is a bit of a blunder because the Proto-Inuit we are referring to diverged from their ancestors hundreds of years before the Basques arrived, not 'thousands.' It's a failure on our part to attempt to over-simplify what is a very complex history, simply to say that the Thule were hunting whales for their entire history, long before the Basques arrived.
@Mostly_Harmless99
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana Thank you for caring about accuracy! Please also fix the two typos in the subtitles for this episode: road for rowed, and prophet for profit. Thank you again. I proudly support Canadiana!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for letting us know! We're on it!
@therealstorey
Ай бұрын
We play the fhule? (pro. fool-eh)
CANADIANA IS BACK!!!!!!!!
@MiggerPlease
3 ай бұрын
About god damn time right? Fuck this shit!!!! 😂😂😂😂
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your patience! We are hopeful that the next episode (already half-animated) will be out a lot sooner than usual!
@theamazingmeh1759
3 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!
@theGhoulman
3 ай бұрын
Here for it! :)
@seanhewitt603
3 ай бұрын
Oh, Canaduh, your on stolen land. You are squatting, and owe back rent to the tune of 5 centuries. Oh and resource theft, it's gotta stop, planetkiller.
Why Canadiana isn't supported by the CBC is a big mystery to me. I love the stories about Canada that you just can't find anywhere else. I love the miniatures, by the way!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
It was a big learning curve to create and film the miniatures, we're glad you enjoyed them! We have pitched to CBC on multiple occasions, but unfortunately they've turned us down for a variety of reasons. The first time we pitched they'd already invested heavily in producing content for Canada's 150th, so they 'had history covered.' So we decided to go and make it ourselves.
@maxothegreatwheela
3 ай бұрын
Because it's not focused on diversity.
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana Love your Host and his costume.
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
@@maxothegreatwheela Oh, come on! Labrador is very diverse and so is Newfoundland if you get into studying the history.
@Mostly_Harmless99
3 ай бұрын
Given the money problems CBC has, it isn't surprising to me now. However, I note that CBC seems to support "diverse" programming without regard to what Canadians want to see. Don't get me wrong--there is some good stuff on CBC about First Nations experience, but there is also a lot of mediocre. This is so much better on every level than "stuff the British Stole" for example. Seems they already know best and we are stuck with it. Viva Canadiana!
This channel is so well done . This is what I want to see on the CBC
@MiggerPlease
3 ай бұрын
I'm that nigga I hope you're ok with that
I'm a 48-year-old Canadian woman who had all the proper schooling the Ontario govt. calls for and I want to thank you so much for all the content you upload. I think other than 1 or 2 vids, almost every one is something new I get to learn about. There's so much I didn't learn about in school. This is one of the best kept secrets on KZread. and thanks for the education. love and happiness to you all
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for that, it means more to us than you can know. We feel the same way every time we begin research on another episode--there's so much we had no idea about. We have over 100 sketched-out episodes on our list to film, so hopefully we will be able to continue to share what we find out about these incredible stories. Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoy everything that comes next!
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana I remember my son's grade 5 teacher dismissing Newfoundland & Labrador as "a nothing province". Tales like this might enlarge her knowledge of N.L., right? My son had done a project on N.L. with a friend that year. I don't remember much about it because he didn't bring his work home with him for us to share. He did do a great project on French-Canadian culture a couple of years later. He's since been to N.L. several times as a Navy Reservist and sailed to the Arctic so maybe, he saw Red Bay at least from his ship.
@seanfaherty
3 ай бұрын
So uhhh what’s your problem with people living in rural areas ?
@redhotdevilwoman03
3 ай бұрын
@@seanfahertyno problem . it was my dumb way of deterring anyone who might comment on whatever haters like to comment on. i don't mean anything bad by it
@redhotdevilwoman03
3 ай бұрын
@@seanfaherty yeah i just read my comment and im going to edit. really i didn't mean to sound like such an ass. im not , i promise
Marvelous story! Thank you for keeping the memory alive!
I love learning about little bits of Canadian history like this. I'm so glad you're back.
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
It's not "little bits" though. It's a highly significant industry in Canada's & Newfoundland's history. As significant as L'Anse Aux Meadows.
Amazed at the quality of these doc's. Spread the word and donate.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
Love this channel as a proud Canadian we have a great history that no knows about, thanks for shining a light on it
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! We feel fortunate to get to take part in sharing as much of the history as we can--we have over 100 episode ideas sketched out!
CBC should pick up these videos and broadcast them
Fun fact: Many people belive that the french canadian word for moose, orignal comes from a native language when in fact it's a basque word. The basque and the native had created a language for trading so when the french first came, the native used that language to comunicate with them and this is how a basque word became a french canadian word through the native.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating!
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana It is fascinating how words get exchanged between languages. .
@danicad.3278
3 ай бұрын
Orignal 🫎 There is also evidence that the word "Iroquois" comes from the Basque word "Hilokoa" (killers).
3 ай бұрын
No, its from the Algonquian languages
@danicad.3278
3 ай бұрын
It's been debated both way. The evidence supporting a Basque origin still stands. There's no definite conclusion.
I spent some time there back in 1987. There’s a great interpretive centre there with one of the ships that was raised from the depths of a nearby wharf sunken by a gale. Archeologically the site was made accessible for people to view. The straight of Belle Isle‘s only 16 km across. The right whales were slaughtered in less than 100 years for their blubber. The whale population never recovered.A sad history for the whales.
Canadiana your videos are amazing! So glad that you are back!
Wow, yer back! Wonderful vid, and loved, LOVED the miniature work, really wonderful!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks! We took a chance on it, and there was a big learning curve. It won't be something we do in every episode but we hope to come back to the format down the road. We very much appreciate hearing that it came out okay!
Incredible on every count!!! Well done!! Thank you for your work!!! Can't wait for the next one!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks very much for watching and the encouragement!
Absolutely mesmerizing combination of narration and cinematography - thrilled to be a new subscriber!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@reefsroost696
Ай бұрын
@@Canadiana New subscriber here, too. 🖐️
The content produced on this channel is truly magnificent. It’d be great to get more frequent episodes!
@Canadiana
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!! And we would if we could! It's just not possible to do what we're doing any faster without a budget to hire more people.
Beautifully produced, as usual. Lovely imagery and a surprisingly gripping story!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Your editing is fantastic, you managed to give me goosebumps before a minute had passed.
@Canadiana
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Wish you the best! Amazing work❤
I love Canadiana. You're doing a great job, keep it up!
The things you teach me. And the captivating way you do it in. Those miniatures are awesome!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! We were excited to try something new beyond our typical animations, so we're glad to hear that they worked out!
We're so back! Love seeing (y)our stories in my feed🍁
Beautifully told and the illustrative carvings are so evocative. Thank you for honoring our gentle giants of the sea.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
I love these mini docs. ❤ i love the difference in animation style with all of them.
So well done 🥰
Always such great content. Always a great story and very well put together. Thanks.
LOVE THIS CHANNEL HOPE IT'S STILL GOING!
These are SOOOO well done! This American loves your channel.
@Canadiana
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
One of my favorite channels. Just recently discovered it and feared that it might not be putting out vids anymore. Thanks for the great content.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! It takes us quite a while to make each video with only two people who cannot afford to be full-time, but we're still going.
@jonathandidley5262
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana totally understandable. We appreciate it!
Magnificent video. Proud to support you guys!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! We hope you enjoy the rest of the season!
Great presenting. Love to see Canadian creators. Keep it up guys.
Superb channel, please continue posting!
You have a way of telling a story that makes one sit up and pay attention. Heart breaking how one mammal destroys another for money.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words. It was (and we assume still is) a violent industry. We found ourselves walking the line between sharing something we found fascinating while also trying not to sound too enthusiastic.
Love your mini docs! Been eagerly anticipating your vids since the American highway through Canada vid. lived in Fort Nelson, BC for most of my childhood and never knew that highway through town had such a important role during ww2.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind words, we're glad you came across the channel! We all want to go back and explore more of the Alaska Hwy very badly!
Such a great channel!
The animations and miniatures are amazing. Best episode yet!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! We were a little worried about trying out miniatures for the first time, so we're glad to see people enjoyed them!
Love the modelling in this episode
keep posting, i love these soooo much
Thank you so much for the new episode ! so good
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
Such an amazing story and quality video.
Love your work, thank you!❤
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
I’ve always liked these after the one about the parliament building in Winnipeg. I’ve watched and liked all your videos and subed. Great job guys and thank you
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
Fascinating story. Love to learn about the ancient maritime stories. Thanks for sharing.
Like your style of writing and videos plz keep sharing your thoughts and talents
Great storytelling. New sub. Cheers from Australia
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking us out! We have a massive series of episodes planned for the distant future specifically focused on Australia. It's always a thrill to find out people have checked out the channel from outside Canada.
WOOHOOO LOVE THIS CHANNEL LETS GET IT !!!!
Nicee your back man 👍👍🇨🇦
I love this series.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
The Whale story was pretty much the same story that could be told of any ANY endeavor humans have undertaken... find something, figure out how to make money, use it up and leave all that's left behind like a Hit & Run driver fleeing the scene... Great work here as always 👏
Fantastic!
Love this stuff
Love your shows! And I really digged the Figurines in this one. Cool idea. Just the THREE OF YOU!? WOW! amazing job guys. I would soooo love to help, you guys do amazing work.
@Canadiana
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
How great is this channel
Awesome channel 👌
Always loved your channel, but it's been taken up a notch with the miniatures. Weirdly, they seem to capture the history and invest the viewer so much more intensely than reenactments or film clips can do. Really innovative, and, to be honest, quite brilliant. Well done!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
We love hearing this, thank you!!
Nice video!
Love your videos! Keep them coming! One thing. It’s Thule (TOO-Leh)
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! We have no idea how that mispronunciation slipped through. We apologize and will make a note of it in the pinned comment and description. We hate making mistakes like that.
The best videos in the world
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Haha, why thank you!!
The National Historic Site is worth a visit. A preserved ship's boat is on display as well as a large model of the wrecked ship.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Most definitely. One of our favourite interpretation centres from across all our travels. And extremely friendly staff who led us to the roof tiles!
Thank you, ms. Brook, very nice! Keep up good work! Also why have you been hiding all this time :)
Thank you
Interesting channel
Thanks!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! Much love!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank YOU Josh! The series wouldn't exist without the support you've given over the years!
Out here on the west coast in Victoria BC and would love to see the channel keep growing! 🙌 wish I could support with money but maybe one day can and would be happy to.
Captain Peter Matthews was my 3rd Great Granduncle. He participated in William Lyon Mackenzie's uprising and was hung on April 12, 1838. Are you planning an episode on the 1838 Uprising?
Wow, courts were slow and bad, just like today!
Yay! 😊 so good
canadiana canadiana canadiana canadiana yaaaaaaaaay canadiana!
been missing these videos
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your patience, we are hopeful the next episode won't take as long to finish (it's already half animated).
@doggoeatswindex21
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana cant wait
Crazy that deep pockets sock boy isn’t supporting this channel
would love to see a video about Portuguese canadian history!!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
We've been dying to fit the Treaty of Tordesillas in an episode--the agreement between Portugal and Spain to split dominion of all the lands they hadn't found down the middle (including what we now call Canada). But it's just not fit yet. We will find a way!
@mrtbay2877
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana im so happy to hear this! thank you for all the work your team does!!
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana The Corte Real Brothers and the White Fleet are 2 Portuguese items in Newfoundland and Labrador history.
I'm way more angry about that judge ruling that the whale was stolen when it definitely just drifted away In the storm. What a sham.
Finally the wait is over ❤
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
We're hopeful the next video comes out with a far smaller gap between. Apologies and thanks for your patience!
@b.w.6535
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana You're apologizing for taking your time and producing some very high quality, very entertaining content? How Canadian...a of you.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Haha!
Human beings traveled to find resources and that is the beauty of who we are as humans. The basques were great sailers in the world and still keep a great maritime culture.
Both were dead when trial ended. wow. And welcome back! You've been missed. And thanks for educating about how to pronounce Thule.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! We just wished we had questioned our pronunciation before release! Grateful to the commenter who pointed it out.
Great content "Canadiana" - incredible work for just two people, with limited funds, you wonder what they could do with some sort of sponsors or backers, keeping-in-mind that all the content should be organic, free of any foreign interventions, and inventions, and fantasy imaginations, like you know, the Muslims were there first, or the Chinese arrived in Red Bay in the "Year of the Lord" - 1421 in a 400 meter ship, made entirely of wood (timber) or the Inuits had beaten the Basque "tough-as-nails" sailors - to a bloody pulp, and they ran away~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> back to the green hills of the Bay of Biscay, far away from the Coast, just in case the Inuits were tracking them. Note: The Basques would have been hunting there in Labrador (and the surrounding Lawrence Bay) for literally at least 500 years, circa the early 1300's to about the 1800's, as the "Whale Oil" was the number one "commodity" in the Middle Ages, with also the whale bones, the whale leather, and whale meat also highly sought after, it was these hardy sailors (not only Basques - but other Iberian's as well) who first invented the term "The Lake" (the Atlantic Ocean) and it is very interesting to note, that it is highly probable, that the "two opposing" Captains would likely have been, one was a Basque, and the other most probably from another Northern Spanish port, the surnames give us a clue, the Basque Captain named Rezu or Bezu (very likely shortened from a longer - more difficult Basque surname) and the other Captain De La Torre, would likely have been sailing for "Castilla Leon" flag, which had been "re-united" with Aragon, and then Navarra, only in the early 1500's, so some funny games played by the boys, far, far from home, they were very likely, all making money, some more than others, with some "testing" of Temper & Character going on.
And someone whe grow up in newfoundland, it's good to hear someone pronouncing stuff right on KZread
Sad to hear there are no more bowhead whales in those waters anymore.
What a whale of a tale! 😊
Interesting story. If it was such a prized possession. Crazy that nobody camped in the cove to make sure nobody stole it. I dont know who's side I'm on.. hmmm
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
In our research we found that this was actually a somewhat typical practice depending on the conditions. We even found another stolen whale story two centuries later that happened in similar fashion. But you would think that in an area so packed with whalers that they would have been more careful.
Hoping for part two of "How the American Civil War Made Canada."
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
It's on its way, slowly. Part 1 took the better part of last year to animate. So in order to keep the channel alive we had to switch to a few shorter episodes before animating Part 2. It is our primary goal to get it done as soon as possible, but the scale became too large for us to put together quickly. We do apologize and thank you for your patience.
the Strait of Belle Isle in November cannot have been a salubrious place to be in a small open boat
CBC gets this it would have to be filled with half the truth.....best thing you can do for this channel is support it
I know it's not as old as most of your topics ... but what do you think about a story on the Regent Park Riots in Toronto back in the 90's?? Lot of history there from Cabbagetown, the Don Jail and even Degrassi Jr high,!! Lol
YES MORE
I’m surprised to find that the Basques, or Spain, had a trade in Labrador - which I hadn’t realized until now.
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
The Basque whalers are not the Spanish cod fishermen. Places like 'Catalina" were probably named by the Spanish, right? Then, there's Spaniards Bay, I think. I may have that place name slightly wrong. Bay de Verde. Are there more?
@effingsix3825
3 ай бұрын
Hi there was such a thing as the Spanish Empire in the 16th century, which Basque was undoubtedly part of.
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
I'd also add Bacalieu which is a corruption of either the Portuguese or the Spanish or the Basque word for "cod". The name is on the earliest maps of the New World. cf Wikipedia entry for "Bacalieu". Also, I contend that Fogo which is also on the earliest maps is the name of a volcanic island among the Cape Verde Islands that was given to this New World Island because of its circular shape. Fogo is also on the earliest maps of the New World. Terra Nova (Latin words) meaning New Land is the Spanish term used for Newfoundland.
There are tax/tithe records in Spain from the 13th century from Basques traveling to Newfoundland.
one of the main reasons they used whale oil for light is because the flame burns very white and has a good color spectrum. it's not an orange flame.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out! We should have made our lamp animations with a bit less orange to them, sorry!
@kingjames4886
3 ай бұрын
@@Canadiana sorry, eh.
When I did my dna testing, I learned I am 15% Basque, along with some English, Irish and French. It was a place I'd never heard of and something I wasn't aware of. Perhaps one of those men were one of my ancestors.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Very cool!
Did they really hunt a whale in a row boat? That seems highly improbable!
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
They did!
kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZyuzrmvobnMZdI.html More on contact between Inuit and Basque whalers from an archaeological point of view.
The north shore of the St Lawrence and Belle Isle Strait is the territory of the Innu people, not the Inuit. Your map was correct but the narrator only spoke of the the Inuit, an entirely different culture/people living farther to the north in Labrador and across arctic Canada.
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
You are absolutely correct, and we realized our wording in the script made it sound like we were placing the Inuit in and around the Strait of Belle Isle. To rectify this we made sure the map told the full story. Our intention was to mention that 'further north' (where the Inuit territory is) they regularly hunted Bowhead whales. While, to our knowledge, the Innu people had hunted whales at some point, but at the time they were more focused on game in the interior. We tried to get the phrase "further north" to do too much heavy lifting, and probably should have rewritten and re-recorded it.
@ocrow8079
3 ай бұрын
No problem, I attended McGill in the late 1980's and worked with Innu people as a student activist. Like your program, new subsciber. @@Canadiana
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@themdaysinc
Ай бұрын
@@Canadiana The Basque whalers had lots of contact with Inuit. Inuit did regularly travel south along the Labrador coast at the time, indeed in and around the Strait of Belle Isle. There are records of Inuit going returning to Europe with the whalers, and there was a kayak that was kept in a church in the Basque country for centuries. There are lots and lots of records that will attest to Inuit-Basque interactions, and articles in scholarly journals.
Bowhead Whales are not remotely the longest lived mammal. Canada actually is home of the longest lived mammal, the Greenland Shark. They are thought to live well over 450 years.
😢😭😡🤬 hate that people believe it’s okay to ravage nature for profit
Waiting for part 2 "How American Civil war made Canada"
@Canadiana
3 ай бұрын
We are trying to get the word out to viewers that Part 2 will be delayed for a while because the episode is almost entirely animation. That particular style of animation takes hundreds of man hours to produce. Since the series is always hanging by a thread due to our micro team working entirely on a volunteer basis, we decided to shift to a few shorter episodes first--in the hopes they would keep the channel growing while we work to finish Part 2. We apologize for this but it's unfortunately the reality of our independent production. Thanks for your patience. Part 2 is our top priority this year.
Okay. Let's have a sober discussion. What in it's nature makes whaling so evil? I am absolutely opposed to whaling, viscerally. I am irrational about this amd extremely emotional. However, I am not in any way a vegetarian. On an objective level, is whaling itself evil or is it the wanton overfishing that made this not acceptable? I can't morally say I am better than the Inuit people for hunting whales to this day, can I? Does anyone know if this cultural taboo I feel for whale hunting is founded in anything more than a cultural whiplash for overharvesting? Did we not somehow elevate and personify whales because we almost irresponsibly killed them all?
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
Whales are mammals so we couldn't have "overfished" them, right?
I love your stories but this one is so sad for the environment. Corporate greed at its finest.
do less animations or stop doing one video in english and then the same video in french. you gained those subscribers because the Trudeau Gov. blocked the rest of the internet .. this is your guys time to shine and get some of the government money
@dinkster1729
3 ай бұрын
What's wrong with doing one video in English and the same video in French?