Skip to main content
University of Minnesota Press
Fulcrum Beta logo beta
  1. Home
  2. Canoes: A Natural History in North America

Canoes: A Natural History in North America

Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims 2016
This is the story of the canoe, that singular American artifact so little changed over time. Featured here are canoes old and new, from birch bark to dugout to carbon fiber; the people who made them; and the adventures they shared. With features of technology, industry, art, and survival, the canoe carries us deep into the natural and cultural history of North America.

Follow author Mark Neuzil on Twitter: @mrneuzil

Buy Book
ISBN(s)
  • 9780816681174 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Literature
  • Native American Studies
  • Regional Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • History
Citable Link
  • Resources
  • Stats

Resources

Search and Filter Resources

Filter search results by

Section

  • Remove constraint Section: Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement11
Filter search results by

Keyword

  • Remove constraint Keyword: environmentalism11
  • Add filter Keyword: Boundary Waters Canoe Area to constrain search results to 2 items2
  • Add filter Keyword: Earth Day to constrain search results to 2 items2
  • Add filter Keyword: Gaylord Nelson to constrain search results to 2 items2
  • Add filter Keyword: Lyndon B. Johnson to constrain search results to 2 items2
  • more Keyword »
Filter search results by

Creator

  • Add filter Creator: Frampton, Mary to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Creator: Mott, John W. to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Creator: O'Halloran, Thomas J. to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Creator: Ptacek, Nate to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Creator: Rowe, Abbie to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • more Creator »
Filter search results by

Format

  • Remove filter Format: image11
    Filter search results by

    Image Content

    • Remove filter Content: photograph11
Filter search results by

Year

  • Add filter Year: 1969 to constrain search results to 3 items3
  • Add filter Year: 1924 to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Year: 1964 to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Year: 1966 to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • Add filter Year: 1970 to constrain search results to 1 item1
  • more Year »

Search Constraints

Filtering by: Content photograph Remove constraint Content: photograph Keyword environmentalism Remove constraint Keyword: environmentalism Format image Remove constraint Format: image Section Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement Remove constraint Section: Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement
Start Over
1 - 11 of 11
  • First Appearance
  • Section (Earliest First)
  • Section (Last First)
  • Format (A-Z)
  • Format (Z-A)
  • Year (Oldest First)
  • Year (Newest First)
Number of results to display per page
  • 10 per page
  • 20 per page
  • 50 per page
  • 100 per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

Carson, shown here with American wildlife artist Bob Hines, worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hines illustrated Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind.

Rachel Carson

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Carson, shown here with American wildlife artist Bob Hines, worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hines illustrated Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind.

A black-and-white portrait of Zahniser sitting in a mountain landscape.

Howard Zahniser

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Howard Zahniser was a significant figure in the American environmental movement in the 1950s and 1960s. His work on the Wilderness Act of 1964—he is credited with writing most of it—was instrumental in its final passage.

President Johnson signs the Wilderness Act on September 3, 1964.

Wilderness Act of 1964

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Wilderness Act on September 3, 1964.

Biologist Aldo Leopold (center) accompanies his son Starker (left) on a canoe trip in the Quetico boundary waters in 1924.

Aldo Leopold

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Biologist Aldo Leopold (center) accompanies his son Starker (left) on a canoe trip in the Quetico boundary waters in 1924.

A black-and-white portrait of Olson standing on the shore next to a pack.

Sigurd Olson

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Sigurd Olson, a biologist by training and a canoe outfitter in Ely, Minnesota, was among the important writers and political activists in the environmental movement.

A color photograph depicting the extent of the oil spill in the water.

1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

The 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, seen from above the critical platform, was at the time the worst spill in American history, later surpassed by the Exxon Valdez (1989) and Deepwater Horizon (2010) spills.

A black-and-white photograph of oil being cleaned off of a bird in a sink.

Waterfowl Covered in Oil

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

A dramatic event that drew more interest to environmental issues was the oil spill off of Santa Barbara, California, in 1969.

A black-and-white photograph of Carl Stokes, surrounded by children, giving a press conference.

Carl Stokes

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes enjoyed a high level of popularity among adults and children during his tenure; his advocacy for clean water extended beyond the Cuyahoga River controversy and included opening up neighborhood pools such as this one at Edgewater Park, on July 4, 1969. Utilities director Ben Stefanski (next to Stokes) joined the mayor for a swim.

A black-and-white photograph of a Girl Scout in a canoe, picking litter out of a waterway.

Earth Day

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

A cleanup of the Potomac River via canoe was one of the hundreds of activities featured on the first Earth Day in 1970.

A color photograph of Gaylord Nelson and others paddling aluminum canoes.

Gaylord Nelson

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, seen here in the bow of a canoe on the Namekagon River in 1966, is considered the founder of Earth Day. The first Earth Day came in 1970.

A color photograph of a canoe being portaged.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Threats to canoe routes across the continent came (and sometimes went) as industry and government eyed the land for other uses.

Stats

16,832 views since October 27, 2016
University of Minnesota Press logo

University of Minnesota Press

Powered by Fulcrum Beta logo beta

  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Accessibility
  • Preservation
  • Terms of Service
  • Log In

© University of Minnesota Press 2019

x This site requires cookies to function correctly.