Canoes: A Natural History in North America

Neuzil, Mark; Sims, Norman

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.

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A color photograph of three young women with short haircuts in blouses and shorts sitting inside a wooden canoe on a lake.

CWAC Sergeants in Canoe

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Three sergeants of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) in an all-wood Peterborough style canoe ca. 1950s. Department of National Defense. Library and Archives Canada.