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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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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.

An illustrated poster advertising the organization "Friends of the Wilderness."

Friends of the Wilderness

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Groups interested in preserving canoe country from development sprang up all over the continent. Canoes were often used as images of a free and quiet outdoors experience, including this poster with artwork by Francis Lee Jaques, ca. 1949.

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.

An illustrated poster depicting a square-stern canoe with a motor traveling on the BWCA.

Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance

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In the late 1970s, legislation to ban motors from canoe country in Minnesota was a controversial issue.

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