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New Harbour Fish Processing Plant
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New Harbour Fish Processing Plant
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Two large buildings, one concrete, the other wood, surrounded by other smaller buildings. This site was well worth the trip. Beware that it is monitored and that evidence of booby-trapping is present.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: forget it
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fences barbed wire spike strips
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In 1948, Norwegian Karl Karlsen established a sealing plant, Karl Karlsen and Company Limited, across from the New Harbour Wharf. Seals were hunted in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts in late February and early March. The plant could process up to two thousand pelts per day, which were then sold in Newfoundland, England and Europe. The plant operated year-round and during peak season it employed some thirty-five men. In 1964, Mr. Karlsen expanded his company to include whale processing. At that time, the North Atlantic waters supported a variety of whales such as sei, sperm, fin back and blue whales. Boats left the New Harbour plant for the open ocean to hunt whales. Once sighted, whales were shot with a 90 mm harpoon gun attached by rope and wire to a winch, which hauled the whale alongside the vessel. The whales were towed into the whaling station, where the flesh was cut up, or flensed, on a flensing deck. Company records show that between 1966 and 1972, Karl Karlsen and Company Limited harvested and processed some 2,115 whales. With the Federal Government of Canada's total ban on whaling in 1972, an important part of Blandford's economy was lost. The moratorium came as a shock to the people of this community, as Karlsen's quota for 1973 had already been assigned, and Canada had voted against a whaling moratorium earlier in 1972. The plant continued to operate as a processing plant for herring, mackerel, salmon and squid, until its closure in 1999.
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Part of the location is currently used for storage. Storage building (grey, metal) is locked/secure as of 27 January 2007.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
tribeachpunk on 1/18/2011 1:36 AM.
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on Jan 18 11 at 1:36, tribeachpunk validated this location on Jan 18 11 at 1:36, tribeachpunk changed the following: Description on May 22 10 at 23:34, tribeachpunk validated this location on May 22 10 at 22:07, darbycrashin changed the following: Status, Recommendation on Oct 24 09 at 18:45, tribeachpunk validated this location on Oct 24 09 at 18:45, tribeachpunk changed the following: Display Name on Dec 14 07 at 3:21, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 13 07 at 18:34, tribeachpunk changed the following: History, Description on Dec 10 07 at 5:41, Emma Peel conditionally validated this location on Aug 4 07 at 15:34, Emperor Wang validated this location
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