The builder, Steve Cayard, of Wellington, Maine, has been working on birch bark canoes for more than 40 years. He said the Native American models served as the template for modern canoes. Birch ...

The builder, Steve Cayard of Wellington, Maine, has been working on birch bark canoes for more than 40 years. He said the Native American models served as the template for modern canoes.

The builder, Steve Cayard, of Wellington, Maine, has been working on birch bark canoes for more than 40 years. He said the Native American models served as the template for modern canoes.

BRUNSWICK One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Brunswick, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. The canoe ...

To construct the 12-foot canoe, Miller used two 6-foot pieces of birch bark as a frame, which he bent to form the hull. After it held its shape, he added gunwales to give the boat its height and ...

Sports Outdoors Bark is back John Lindman 53, birch bark canoe builder, instructor Sun., Feb. 5, 2006 John Lindman cuts the bark at the end of a birch bark canoe at the Bark Canoe Store in Spokane ...

The birch bark canoe Talon Stammen of Grand Forks built at the Northwest Angle is a hunting-style canoe designed to carry heavy loads. Stammen, 18, harvested the materials and used traditional ...

Marvin DeFoe paddled his first birch bark canoe part way down the Mississippi River. He didn't make it all that far -- at 18, his urge to get going was stronger than his urge to plan the trip, and ...

Object Details Collector Edward W. Nelson Donor Name Edward W. Nelson Notes FROM CARD: "BIRCH BARK CANOE OF THE TINNEH INDIANS (ATHAPASCAN STOCK). MADE OF BIRCH BARK, SEWED WITH ROOT FIBER, AND ONE ...

The builder, Steve Cayard, of Wellington, Maine, has been working on birch bark canoes for more than 40 years. He said the Native American models served as the template for modern canoes.