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Article: Make a Birchbark Canoe Model.
- Article from:
- Boy's Quest
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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At the first gentle stroke of the paddle, it shot out over a lake or slow-moving stream as if it were jet propelled! While it often weighed less than 50 pounds, it was tough enough to carry a half ton! The Native American birchbark canoe was a true marvel. In fact, it was so marvelous it is still made and used today!
While the Native American also used animal skins and other types of bark to make canoes, the bark from the paper birch was the very best canoe covering. Paper birchbark is beautiful. More important, it is light and strong. It was the bark that Native American braves, shooting down white water rapids, trusted their lives with. Birchbark was also used ...