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2 unusual facts about Gray whale


Clipper Navigation

Gray and orca whale watching is still available with the Victoria Clipper out of Seattle.

The service between Seattle and Friday Harbor provides orca and gray whale watching out of that port and has been in operation since 1991 daily from mid-May through September.


Charles Melville Scammon

He was the first to hunt the gray whales of both Laguna Ojo de Liebre and San Ignacio Lagoon, the former once being called "Scammon's Lagoon" after him.

Guerrero Negro

It was during this era that Captain Charles Melville Scammon discovered a prolific gray whale breeding lagoon which became a choice hunting ground for American and European whalers.

Makah people

Cedar roots were used in basket making, while canoes were carved from whole trees to hunt seals, gray whales and humpback whales.

Salt Point State Park

Between the months of December and April, it is possible to see gray whales migrating south to Baja California for breeding.


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Serge Dedina

He also initiated an international campaign that successfully stopped the Mitsubishi Corporation from destroying San Ignacio Lagoon—the world’s last undeveloped gray whale lagoon.