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Canoes: A Natural History in North America

Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims
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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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Published: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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  • History
  • Native American Studies
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  • Regional Studies

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A cedar-strip canoe made in Peterborough, Ontario, on exhibit at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York, 2005.

Cedar-Strip Canoe

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

A cedar-strip canoe made in Peterborough, Ontario, on exhibit at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York, 2005.

A color photograph of a dugout canoe.

Trapper's Dugout Canoe

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

A trapper’s dugout canoe constructed of basswood.

A color photograph of a beautiful cedar strip canoe built by the Lakefield Canoe Company of Peterborough ca. 1925–1930. The canoe uses three wide boards as planking on either side. It is pictured in the water, next to a wooden dock.

Lakefield Cedar-Strip Canoe

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

This beautiful cedar strip canoe was built by the Lakefield Canoe Company of Peterborough ca. 1925–1930. The canoe uses three wide boards as planking on either side.

John Stephenson, one of the early innovators of canoe design in Peterborough.

John Stephenson

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

John Stephenson, one of the early innovators of canoe design in Peterborough.

Employees of the William English Canoe Company pose with a giant war canoe built in the factory on Charlotte Street in Peterborough, Ontario.

Employees of the William English Canoe Company

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Employees of the William English Canoe Company pose with a giant war canoe built in the factory on Charlotte Street in Peterborough, Ontario.

Rice Lake Canoe Company catalog from 1900.

Rice Lake Canoe Company Catalog

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Rice Lake Canoe Company catalog from 1900.

A restored William English canoe, model 21, which was listed as 16-feet long, 31 inches beam, and 12 inches deep.

Restored William English Canoe

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

A restored William English canoe, model 21, which was listed as 16-feet long, 31 inches beam, and 12 inches deep.

A cedar strip all-wood canoe (right) at the Canadian Canoe Museum. A “double-cedar” canoe, with a layer of canvas between the planking, is at the left.

Cedar-Strip Canoe at the Canadian Canoe Museum

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

A cedar strip all-wood canoe (right) at the Canadian Canoe Museum. A “double-cedar” canoe, with a layer of canvas between the planking, is at the left.

This drawing shows the Ontario Canoe Company factory in Peterborough in the early 1880s.

Ontario Canoe Company Factory

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

This drawing shows the Ontario Canoe Company factory in Peterborough in the early 1880s.

A black-and-white photograph of the first Canadian Canoe Company factory. The factory stood on Water Street in Peterborough from 1892–1904 near the rail office where all the canoes made in town were shipped.

Canadian Canoe Company Factory

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The first Canadian Canoe Company factory stood on Water Street in Peterborough from 1892–1904 near the rail office where all the canoes made in town were shipped.

A black-and-white photograph of workers in the canoe factory building canoes.

Building at the Canadian Canoe Company Factory

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

The building department at the Canadian Canoe Company factory, ca. late nineteenth century.

Sawdust litters the floor of the workshop at the Canadian Canoe Company factory as builders fashion canoes in distinctive shapes.

Sawdust at the Canadian Canoe Company Factory

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Sawdust litters the floor of the workshop at the Canadian Canoe Company factory as builders fashion canoes in distinctive shapes.

A black-and-white photograph of workers in the Canadian Canoe Company factory applying varnish to canoes.

Varnish Room at the Canadian Canoe Company Factory

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

A coat of varnish was one of the final steps in canoe construction at the Canadian Canoe Company factory.

A black-and-white portrait of George Washington Sears.

George Washington Sears

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

George Washington Sears wrote under the pen name “Nessmuk” in Forest and Stream magazine about his canoe trips in the Adirondacks. It was said that he taught America how to camp.

Dr. Arpad Gerster, a prominent New York surgeon, vacationed with his family in the Adirondacks during the 1890s. Here, Gerster portages a Rushton pack canoe at Camp Oteetiwi, Big Island, Raquette Lake.

Dr. Arpad Gerster

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Dr. Arpad Gerster, a prominent New York surgeon, vacationed with his family in the Adirondacks during the 1890s. Here, Gerster portages a Rushton pack canoe at Camp Oteetiwi, Big Island, Raquette Lake.

A black-and-white portrait of Leah and J. Henry Rushton around 1884.

Leah and J. Henry Rushton

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Leah and J. Henry Rushton around 1884.

A painting of several figures cooking a meal next to a lean-to camp.

A Good Time Coming, 1862

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, A Good Time Coming, 1862. Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm.

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

Hotel Ampersand

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

The Sairy Gamp on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.

Sairy Gamp

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

The Sairy Gamp on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.

An illustrated catalog listing for the Nessmuk.

Nessmuk

From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes

J. Henry Rushton listed the Nessmuk in his 1907 catalog under the heading, “Feather-Weight Canoes.”

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