[Paddlewise] How to Build a Birchbark Canoe

I was mooching around on paddlingplanet.com (which is a compendium of blogs)
and stumbled across a posting about a guy who has a family pass to Canada's
museum that hosts canoes and kayaks. Since I'm an old guy and have little to
do, I went to the blog and read his posting and then noticed this: "For your
viewing pleasure, below is the NFB production of Cisar's Bark Canoe. Even on
the original, there is no narration; just Cisar Newashish himself
demonstrating the techniques of birchbark canoe building."

This is the link and he's right... there is audio but virtually no talking.
It is not a short clip as the video is pretty detailed but it's very
interesting for those of us who enjoy ancient boatbuilding techniques. I was
particularly interested to discover that he sheaths the inside of his canoe
with think strips of cedar. Oh, and one more thing, I could see no evidence
of power tools. In fact the only tools he uses were a knife (quite sharp), a
hammer and a brace and bit. Right up Duane Strosaker's alley. :)

http://www.paddlinginstructor.com/blog/88888941/1943-torontos-royal-ontario-m
useum-kayak-tour.html

It seemed worthwhile to share with Paddlewisers.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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