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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

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Wood-and-canvas canoes built by the B. N. Morris Company of Veazie, Maine, among other builders, were made to order for paddlers overseas. This highly prized Morris canoe is owned by Tim Rowe in Great Britain, where several clubs collect the Canadian style canoes built in North America.

B. N. Morris Canoe

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

Wood-and-canvas canoes built by the B. N. Morris Company of Veazie, Maine, among other builders, were made to order for paddlers overseas. This highly prized Morris canoe is owned by Tim Rowe in Great Britain, where several clubs collect the Canadian style canoes built in North America.

Ella and Bert Morris (far right) and his brother Charlie (far left) pose with their staff in front of the B. N. Morris storefront, ca. 1900.

B. N. Morris Storefront

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

Ella and Bert Morris (far right) and his brother Charlie (far left) pose with their staff in front of the B. N. Morris storefront, ca. 1900.

The B. N. Morris canoe factory in Veazie, Maine.

B. N. Morris Canoe Factory

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

The B. N. Morris canoe factory in Veazie, Maine.

This 17-foot B. N. Morris canoe was originally built ca. 1912 and has been carefully restored by Rollin Thurlow of the Northwoods Canoe Company in Atkinson, Maine.

Restored B. N. Morris Canoe

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

This 17-foot B. N. Morris canoe was originally built ca. 1912 and has been carefully restored by Rollin Thurlow of the Northwoods Canoe Company in Atkinson, Maine.

Canvas being stretched over a 1905 Morris Veazie model canoe. Note the tacks at the gunwale that hold the canvas to the boat.

Stretching Canvas

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

Canvas being stretched over a 1905 Morris Veazie model canoe. Note the tacks at the gunwale that hold the canvas to the boat.

A woman in a canoe plays an instrument while a male paddles.

Morris Canoe Catalog, 1917

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Between the years of 1917 and 1919, women changed seats with their male canoe partners on the covers of the Morris company catalogs.

Several women paddle canoes.

Morris Canoe Catalog, 1919

From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes

Between the years of 1917 and 1919, women changed seats with their male canoe partners on the covers of the Morris company catalogs.

Tom Seavey with a 1905 Morris Veazie canoe that he restored.

Tom Seavey

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Tom Seavey with a 1905 Morris Veazie canoe that he restored.

The 1905 Morris Veazie halfway home in Tom Seavey’s shop.

1905 Morris Veazie

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The 1905 Morris Veazie halfway home in Tom Seavey’s shop.

Tom Seavey attaching the extended outwale to the canvassed Veazie canoe.

Restoration of 1905 Morris Veazie

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Tom Seavey attaching the extended outwale to the canvassed Veazie canoe.

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