<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The Whale Interpretive Centre needs your Help!<div><br></div><div>Help the WIC restore the journalistic record of Robson Bight (Johnstone Strait - Northern Vancouver Island), that was lost in the December 31, 2024, fire. The Whale Interpretive Centre, lost the archival collection - including many original newspaper and magazine articles that documented the decades long effort to protect Robson Bight as an Ecological Reserve. These stories were an essential part of our exhibit, capturing the voices of journalists who helped raise the awareness about this fragile orca habitat.</div><div><br></div><div>To rebuild this important historical record, the WIC needs your help. We are asking for copies of:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- newspaper or magazine articles about the creation and protection of Robson Bight</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Investigative or feature stories written by journalists who covered the issue</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Photographs, clippings, or newsletters related to the campaign to save Robson Bight</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Any personal archives or scrapbooks that include media coverage from the time</div><div><br></div><div>How to contribute:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- If you have originals, photocopies, or digital scans please contact us at:</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:society@killerwhalecentre.org">society@killerwhalecentre.org</a></div><div>Phone: 250-949-1556</div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.killerwhalecentre.org">www.killerwhalecentre.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>We can arrange scanning, safe handling or pick up if needed. Even a single article can help rebuild the exhibit and preserve this history for future generations.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks you so much, if you have any questions or concerns about our posting please don’t hesitate to contact me. </div><div><br><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Mary Borrowman<br>Whale Interpretive Centre<br>Director / Treasurer <br>cell: 250-949-1556<br><br><br>We are privileged to work, live, and learn in the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakwala-speaking Peoples).</div></div>
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