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How to Build A Whale

The Pacific Rim Whale Festival is packed with fun and engaging activities from March 20-28, 2020. Long Beach Lodge will be hosting events and offering Whale Watching Tours of the great migration!

Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society has created a wondrous opportunity for all ages with their Build-A-Whale program. This interactive event features a 25 foot offshore killer whale skeleton named 0120. Discover the anatomy of this iconic killer whale with a hands on rebuild and see the scale of this underwater giant. Join us in the Rainforest Room on March 23, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm to participate.

*Pacific Rim Whale Festival and all events have been cancelled. 




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