Orca Network, Whale Museum offer special tribute to K7 'Lummi'


September 22, 2008 · 2:33 PM

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She was believed to be the oldest whale in the Southern Resident Killer Whale community. The Center for Whale Research, who estimates her birth year as 1910, designated her K7. She was given the name “Lummi” through The Whale Museum’s Orca Adoption Program. Lummi was a great-great grandmother – the leader of a five-generation intact family. Sadly, she did not return to the Salish Sea with her Kpod family this year.

Please join Orca Network and The Whale Museum at the Lime Kiln Point State Park lighthouse on Friday, Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. as they celebrate the life of this amazing whale and pay tribute to her. Hear about the life of Lummi from those who knew her, and join in a special tribute by the Ohileq-sen canoe family from the Lummi Nation. Local artist Jocelyn Russell has generously donated a beautiful original painting of Lummi to be auctioned off at the event, complete with custom framing donated by San Juan Gallery and Framing.

For more information please contact Cindy Hansen at 360 378-4710 ext. 23 or cindy@whalemuseum.org.

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