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Buying a birchbark canoe is not easy. If you have lots of money you can order one from a builder, or buy an old one. Expect a birchbark canoe in good condition to cost you at least $200 US a foot.
Some Birchbark Canoe Builders
Tom Byers - Wood River Canoe Company
David and Ernestine Gidmark, Maniwaki, Quebec
Bigfork Canoe Trails, Minnesota
Henri Vaillancourt, Greenville, NH
Joe River, Wakefield, Quebec
Aaron York - Montreal, Québec
Ted Behne - miniature canoes
Steve Cayard
11 Taylor Rd Wellington, ME
04942
Phone: (207) 683-2841
email: amd@tdstelme.net
Eric Mase - Ojibway Canoe Co.
PO Box 746 Ely, MN
55731
Phone: 218-235-2936
email: daynam@spacestar.net
Ferdy Goode - Beaver Bark Canoes
9241 Highway J Minocqua, WI
54548
Phone: 715-356-1991 or 715-356-3824
Stanley Sarazin of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan (Golden Lake, Ontario) is the son of Daniel Sarazin who is featured in one of David Gidmark's books
Birchbark canoes for sale
Ross Bros. sells antique wooden boats and sometimes has birchbark canoes
You can often find birchbark canoes for sale in the member classifieds at the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association
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© Judy Kavanagh, 2005