Cachalot Inlet

Cachalot Inlet (50˚00'00" 127˚09'00" E side of Kyuquot Channel, SE side of Kyuquot Sd, NW side of Vancouver I). Cachalot is the French word for sperm whale. A whaling station by this name—operated here from 1907 to 1924 by Sprott Balcom and the Pacific Whaling Co—was the most productive in BC in terms of numbers of whales landed. In 1926, Wallace Bros acquired the property, converted it to a reduction plant for pilchards and ran it for another decade. Cachalot post office was open from...

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