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Canoe Steaming
Carl and Joe Martin steam a canoe near Tofino. Click to play video. The Northwest Coast is rightly famous for the superb dugout canoes made by First Nations, a craft which continues to the present day....
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One Tree, Four Canoes
"Making 4 canoes from one cedar tree, Olympic Loop, Queets, Washington. Yesterday I posted on canoe steaming. In the process of preparing that, I ran across an eye-popping photograph, above....
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Makah whaling gear
Parts of a Makah whaling canoe. Source: Waterman, 1920. I posted a couple of days ago about a historic photo of members of the Quinalt Tribe making canoes in the Queets watershed. Immediately to the...
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Maori Canoe found in New Zealand Beach
Canoe being excavated at Muriwai Beach, 2010. Source: stuff.co.nz From the Northwest Coast (of New Zealand) comes inspiring news for Northwest Coast (of North America) archaeologists. I don’t know how...
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A Stillaguamish River Canoe
Roughly dressed block of cedar in preparation for carving. Source: flickr.com The Stillaguamish Tribe live along the Stillaguamish River basin (map) of Northwestern Washington State. They are a tribe...
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Making Yuxwch’ee Yakw, a Tlingit Spruce Canoe
Working on Yuxwch’ee Yakw, the Spruce Canoe. Source: Sealaska Picasa page. Most people are familiar with the use of red cedar to make dugout canoes on the Northwest Coast. It is not as commonly known...
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Yukon River Canoe Project 2009 Blog
Work on the log begins. Source: Yukon Canoe Project. I just found an interesting blog that traces a community project to carve a Tlingit style dugout canoe on the banks of the Yukon River near...
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More Mayne Island Museum
The above is maybe the most unusual object I saw in the archaeological cases in my visit to the Mayne Island museum. As you can see, it’s labelled as a “large stone abrader” and may well be, I...
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