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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.

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Published: 2016

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

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9780816681174 (hardcover)

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Wood-and-canvas canoes on a stop for provisions before a wilderness expedition prior to 1920.

Stopping for Provisions

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Wood-and-canvas canoes on a stop for provisions before a wilderness expedition prior to 1920.

Typical canoe camping equipment illustrated in the 1915 book, Canoeing and Camping, by James A. Cruikshank.

Canoe Camping Equipment

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Typical canoe camping equipment illustrated in the 1915 book, Canoeing and Camping, by James A. Cruikshank.

A black-and-white portrait of Florence Page Jaques.

Florence Page Jaques

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Florence Page Jaques wrote Canoe Country (1945) and Snowshoe Country (1944), both illustrated by her husband Francis.

Joe Mell, a Passamaquoddy Indian, sleeps under his canoe on Duck Lake, Maine, ca. 1895.

Joe Mell

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Joe Mell, a Passamaquoddy Indian, sleeps under his canoe on Duck Lake, Maine, ca. 1895.

A black-and-white photo of Sevareid and Port getting into a canoe from a wooden pier.

Eric Sevareid and Walter Port

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

In June 1930, Eric Sevareid (left) and Walter Port started their canoe journey from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and paddled 2,250 miles to Hudson Bay.

Eric Sevareid’s nickel-plated, cased magnetic compass that guided the 1930 canoe trip to Hudson Bay.

Eric Sevareid's Compass

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

Eric Sevareid’s nickel-plated, cased magnetic compass that guided the 1930 canoe trip to Hudson Bay.

A black and white photograph of three men lounging beneath a makeshift canvas tent on the shore with the river flowing behind them. Their birch-bark canoe sits beside them propped up agains a pine tree

Views of Dalles of the St. Louis River

From Chapter 8: Canoe Tripping

T. W. Ingersoll, Views of Dalles of the St. Louis River, ca 1890, photograph.