Museum of Whale Skeletons, Painstakingly Rebuilt Over Years, Consumed by BC Fire

The Whale Interpretive Centre at Telegraph Cove, B.C., but which was destroyed by a fire on Dec. 31, 2024. The Canadian Press/HO-The Whale Interpretive Centre

It takes years to rebuild a whale.

Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.