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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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Canoeists in a birch-bark canoe near Steamboat Rock, Wisconsin Dells.

Steamboat Rock

From Introduction

Photograph by H. H. Bennett, canoeists in a birch-bark canoe near Steamboat Rock, Wisconsin Dells.

A black-and-white photograph of a figure holding a roll of birch bark on their back.

Rolling the Bark

From Chapter 2: Birch-Bark Canoes

Native builders would roll the stripped birch bark into a backpack of sorts, secure it with roots, and carry it back to the canoe-making camp. This individual with the pack is identified as Cheemaun of an Ojibwe tribe in Wisconsin.

Catalogue cover with black and maroon text and decoration on a beige background. The cover reads, "Thompson Brother Boat Mfg. Co. Peshtigo, Wis. Catalog No. 120, We pay the war tax."

Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Catalogue

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Cover of a 1920 Thompson Boat catalogue.

A photograph of a canoe being transported by car. The canoe is strapped horizontally on the side of the automobile, covering the doors.

Side-Saddle Transport

From Chapter 6: Synthetic Canoes

Prior to the development of hard-topped automobiles, it was a bit of a problem to travel with a canoe on a soft-top car. One solution, which limited the use of all of the car doors, was to strap the boat on side-saddle, such as this wood-and-canvas model.

A black-and-white photograph of Grumman canoes loaded on a truck.

Shipment of Aluminum Canoes

From Chapter 6: Synthetic Canoes

Grumman shipped canoes by truck, among other means, to retailers large and small across the United States from its plant on Long Island.

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 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.

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