This pelican was photographed on the Burton's diving board, circa 1950. It is believed it was caught before winter and shipped to the Stanley Park Zoo. This wasn't the only pelican to make the journey to the zoo, as read in the following:
Pelican Caught At Lac Le Jeune
R.M. Robertson, sub inspector game branch, was advised Wednesday that Stuart Hull, guide at Lac Le Jeune, had caught a pelican. The bird, it is said was eating fish and Mr. Hull got within four feet of it, from where he lassooed it.
The bird was brought to the city that afternoon and sent on the evening train to Vancouver where it will be placed in Stanley Park Zoo. It is reported that the bird was much attracted by the red sweater worn by its captor and would allow no one else near it.
(Kamloops Sentinel - 16 September 1936 - page 7 - Friday)
Newspaper read at Thompson Rivers University or Kamloops Museum and Archives.
Submitted by Neil Burton
1 comment:
Ha! I'll bet that was my grandfather, Stuart Hull. He probably didn't like anyone else catching the fish in Lac Le Jeune :-)
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