Introduction to the Virtual Choir. Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - 'Lux Aurumque'. Great Auk. The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, a group of birds that formerly included one other species of flightless giant auk from the Atlantic Ocean region. It bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to the ocean and a plentiful food supply, a rarity in nature that provided only a few breeding sites for the auks.
When not breeding, the auks spent their time foraging in the waters of the North Atlantic, ranging as far south as northern Spain and also around the coast of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Ireland, and Great Britain. The Great Auk was 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) tall and weighed around 5 kilograms (11 lb), making it the largest member of the alcid family. 16 Tons. Coalwood. Sad News: The Big Store in Coalwood was torn down on March 29, 2008, by the owners of the historic Coalwood properties, Alawest.
You can see photos and read more about this on David Goad's web site: www.coalwoodmemories.com Click on "Company Store Now Gone," and be sure to look at all four pages of photos. Also, for an incredible video on the Big Store, please see Steve Date's web site: www.coalwoodmovie.com. We'll go on a brief tour of Coalwood. We start on the south as we come in on West Virginia 16 from War and Caretta. We then move down Tipple Row, past the Coalwood School, down Main Street Row, into Coalwood Main, past Rev.