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Canoes: A Natural History in North America

Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims
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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

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Published: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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  • History
  • Cultural Studies
  • Literature
  • Native American Studies
  • Regional Studies

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This drawing by John White dates between 1585 and 1593, and was probably intended to display a bounteous scene to encourage English colonists. Inscribed “The manner of their fishing.” The Algonquin of North Carolina used dugout canoes to harvest fish from February to May. The word “cannow” is written on the hull of the boat.

The Manner of Their Fishing

From Chapter 1: Dugout Canoes

Drawing by John White (~1585–1593), inscribed The manner of their fishing and A Cannow.

A dugout next to an oyster house on the water near New Haven, Connecticut, 1872.

Oyster Dugouts

From Chapter 1: Dugout Canoes

The oyster industry of the East Coast relied on dugout canoes to navigate the rivers of Connecticut during the nineteenth century. This photograph dates to 1872 and depicts a dugout next to an oyster house near New Haven.

A black-and-white photograph of a family of three in a dugout canoe: two adults and one small child. One of the adults is throwing a double pronged sealing spear into the water.

Kwakiutl Family

From Chapter 1: Dugout Canoes

A Kwakiutl family navigating the waters of Quatsino Sound.

A black-and-white photograph of a beach in Martinique. Several dugout canoes sit on the shore. Palm trees and several structures in the background.

Dugout Canoes in Martinique

From Sidebar: Napolean Sanford

Dugout fishing canoes on the beach in Martinique.

A color photograph of the fishing canoe Storm Petrel tied next to water.

Storm Petrel

From Sidebar: Napolean Sanford

Napolean Sanford's Storm Petrel.

An illustration of pearl divers and canoes in the water.

Pearl Diving

From Chapter 3: The Fur Trade

French explorers witnessed the pearl diving industry in the Caribbean, where the newcomers got a glimpse of the native dugouts used in the activity.

A black-and-white photograph of Mae Marshall holding a fish, a campsite is in the background.

Mae Marshall

From Sidebar: Jule Fox Marshall

Mae Marshall

An illustrated cover of Forest and Stream magazine.

Forest and Stream

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

George Washington Sears was an early staff writer at Forest and Stream, one of the most popular outdoor periodicals of its day.

A 1959 cover of Field & Stream, featuring several men canoeing and fishing.

Field & Stream

From Chapter 6: Synthetic Canoes

By the late 1950s, canoes represented the best in American outdoor life, appearing on the covers of magazines with regularity, such as this edition of Field & Stream from June 1959. There was more than a hint of nostalgia in the artwork by C. E. Monroe, Jr.

A photograph of an Evinrude motor.

Evinrude Motor

From Sidebar: Square-Stern Canoes

Several companies made small, gas-powered outboard motors designed to work with square-stern canoes and other similar-sized craft.

A colorful painting of two men in a birchbark canoe filled with packs and other various equiptment. A mountain lion snarls at the outdoorsman from his perch on a rock outcrop. A buck leaps out of shallow water onto the shore in the distance.

In the Canoe

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Philip Goodwin (1881–1935), In the Canoe, ca. 1920s. Oil on canvas, 24 by 36 inches (61 by 91.4 cm)

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