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\u201cLately I\u2019ve been seeing spouts all the time! When I\u2019m out for a walk, on my way to the grocery store, peering out my kitchen window… It\u2019s pretty crazy,\u201d comments a woman from Les Escoumins. As spring arrives, the towns that line the St. Lawrence Estuary are transforming. They\u2019re no longer just places to watch whales; they\u2019re whale towns!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLately I\u2019ve been seeing spouts all the time! When I\u2019m out for a walk, on my way to the grocery store, peering out my kitchen window… It\u2019s pretty crazy,\u201d comments a woman from Les Escoumins. As spring arrives, the towns that line the St. Lawrence Estuary are transforming. They\u2019re no longer just places to watch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":70708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhale Towns - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cLately I\u2019ve been seeing spouts all the time! 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