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That's a lot of work! But I did learn a lot about bark canoe building. It is a way for one to learn bark canoe building when one doesn't have access to birch bark. Someone who knows about building bark canoes could make a nice looking paper canoe this way. Perhaps a good project with high school students where there are extra hands to make the paper. |
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For More Information on Paper Canoes see: Voyage of The Paper Canoe. A GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF 2500 MILES FROM QULBEC TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, DURING THE YEARS 1874-5. BY NATHANIEL H. BISHOP, Ken's Paper Boat Page. |
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For information on building birch bark canoes see: The Building of a Chippewa Indian Birch-Bark Canoe. by Robert E. Ritzenthaler The online publication: "The Weymontaching Birchbark Canoe." is available from the: Civilization Ca site I spent a lot of time reading and rereading this book! Thanks David. David Gidmark's book "Building a Birchbark Canoe: The Algonquin Wabanaki Tciman" And the reference book on bark canoes is "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America" by Edwin Tappan Adney and Howard I. Chapelle |
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For information on making canoe paddles see: The WCHA site's: Canoe Paddles: How to Make Them also see my: How to Make a Paddle from a Log. Also see the paddle making book: "Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own" by Graham Warren and David Gidmark |
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