Caption
The model which is 80' long and 36' wide corresponds to 25,900 square miles of sea region and represents an enormous saving in research dollars. Four men working for one day collect as much information as two oceanographic ships working for one year.
Release Date
October 20, 1959
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lunney, GarCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
One of the most ambitious and intricate fisheries research projects ever undertaken has now reached completion. It is a scale model of British Columbia's Hecate Strait -- the world's richest halibut fishing grounds. Such a model (section shown above) depicting a major sea region has never been attempted before. Design of the Hecate model, which was constructed by the Pacific Oceanographic Group at Nanaimo, B.C. represents a major research enterprise.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90002
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177153
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Dr. J. P. Tully, director of the project, points out Hecate model area. Analysis and processing of data obtained is a major undertaking. Exact numerical solutions are referred to electronic computer at University of B.C. where final results are determined.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90005
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177155
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
A patch of dye solution introduced into the model will be photographed in colour permitting detailed study of the complex current system. Different dyes of various densities are used to reveal flow and depth in strategic positions.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90010
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177158
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Service car, operated by a "spar tree", carries an observer to a platform 90' above the model where an automatic camera is installed. Camera is operated by impulses from the tide computer. Pictures are exactly correlated to tide records.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90009
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177157
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Problem of introducing tides into the model was a difficult one. A water-right vertical gate hinged along the bottom is rocked to and fro by motor driven screw. Range and speed of movement is controlled by tide computer.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90006
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177156
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #232: Hectate Strait, B.C.: Probe for Secrets of the Deep
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
October 20, 1959
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The model which is 80' long and 36' wide corresponds to 25,900 square miles of sea region and represents an enormous saving in research dollars. Four men working for one day collect as much information as two oceanographic ships working for one year.
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