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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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  • Native American Studies
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  • Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes1
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  • Sidebar: Canoe Packs1

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  • Jacques, Francis Lee1
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A black-and-white photograph of the Hotel Ampersand, looming over Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks ca. 1890.

Hotel Ampersand

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Hotel Ampersand looms over Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks ca. 1890.

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.

Arthur Carhart, at the Superior National Forest in 1920, demonstrates how to stack and carry two canoe packs.

Arthur Carhart

From Sidebar: Canoe Packs

Arthur Carhart, next to a Morris canoe at the Superior National Forest in 1920, demonstrates how to stack and carry two canoe packs.

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