What is another, non scientific, name for the white whale?
Little Whale River Isbister of the Eastmain Post, there is reference to a river called "Wapameg-Us-Sosh" (meaning White Whale River), where a multitude of beluga is found. It mentions that the river is located a short distance south of the Gulph (that is Richmond Gulf or Lac Guillaume-Delisle in French). The English name of the river was first recorded in 1744 in the logbooks of Hudson's Bay Company employees Thomas Mitchell and John Longland, while exploring the bay's coast. On July 29, Mitchell made mention of Little White Whale River. For the 1750 mining attempt see Richmond Gulf. From 1853 to 1890, the
White Whale Records also democratized the group, insisting everyone share in the writing and vocal duties, despite what the label wanted, and recorded a concept album, "The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands" (on which "Elenore" was featured). When the Turtles disbanded in the early 1970s, White Whale lost their big moneymaker; in an act of revenge, and to prevent Kaylan and Volman from continuing their musical careers, White Whale insisted they held the rights to not only the Turtles' name and back catalog, but Kaylan and Volman's individual given names. Kaylan and Volman responded by moving into session work and continuing