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 black and white photograph of fourteen men wearing matching canoe-crew outfits is mounted on an illustrated page from a photo album. The men in the photograph are standing or sitting in three rows with three canoe oars crossed in front of them. Text beneath the photograph reads "O.C.C. War Canoe Crew. Champions of Canada, 1904." One blue flag and one red flag is painted on either side of the photograph.

O.C.C. War Canoe Crew

From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement

Album page with one photograph, “O.C.C. War Canoe Crew, Champions of Canada 1904,” with John R. O’Connell at center. Photograph and hand-illustration by John R. O’Connell.

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