The Whale Interpretive Centre, where visitors could walk underneath huge whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling, was a huge tourist attraction that helped fuel the economy of northern Vancouver Island.

North Island fire crews have officially left Telegraph Cove.

The biggest project undertaken by the museum was Finny, a 20-metre fin whale struck and killed by a cruise ship near Port Hardy. It was a six-year project to get the skeleton hung in the museum.

Cause of fire that demolished Telegraph Cove boardwalk, businesses, and Whale Interpretive Centre under investigation