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Here are various pictures of birchbark canoes and canoe
builders I have collected over the last few years. Click on any photo
to see it larger (approx. 20-30k)
 Me
paddling my canoe in Muskoka, Ontario |
 Paddling
my canoe on Church Pond near Paul Smiths. N.Y. in the Adirondacks |
 Full
size and model canoes made by Basil and Daniel Smith of Maniwaki, Quebec. |
 Gary
Hodgson showing off the 10 foot canoe he built. |
 Tom
Byers(right) teaching a birchbark canoe building workshop at the Canadian
Canoe Symposium Aug. 1998 |
 Me
paddling Gary Hodgson's canoe at Paul Smiths, N.Y. |
 Joe
Hull and his family paddling Joe's first birchbark canoe |
 An
old canoe on display at the Langford Canoe store in Dwight, Ontario |
 Canoes
on display at the Canadian Museum of Civilization In Hull, Québec |
 A
model canoe for sale at a craft store on the Rama Indian Reserve near Orillia,
Ontario |
 Rick
Syniec in California with the canoe he built. Rick also makes crooked knives.
His email is prsyniec@earthlink.net |
 Tammy
Syniec with her husband Rick's canoe |
 Rich
Howe trying out one of Tom Byers' birchbark canoes at the Canadian Canoe
Symposium Aug. 1998 |
 Ralf
Niederschuh in Germany paddling the birchbark canoe he made. Ralf can be
contacted at Niederschuh@aol.com
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 Ralf
Niederschuh beside a German birch tree. Ralf says German bark is porous
and full of defects |
 Ralf
Niederschuh's canoe under construction |
 Three
birchbark canoes at the Canadian Canoe Museum |
 Detail
of the bow of a voyageur canoe at the Canadian Canoe Museum |
 Detail
of the bow of a birchbark canoe at the Canadian Canoe Museum |
 An
enormous fur trade canoe, complete with voyageurs, at the Canadian Museum
of Civilization in Hull, Québec |
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© Judy Kavanagh, 2001