Ray Mears Bark Canoe

[beaver]

Building a birch bark canoe in William Commanda's back yard.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9zrDTJCg4s&feature=related

 

[David McDaniel]

Hey Ferdy;
Thankyou ! I really enjoyed the videos !!!
Thanks for sharing !
later Dave

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Great video-- I watched all 7 days-- Love how they accepted the storm as part of the canoe's history.

 

[Dave Wermuth]

HI Ferdy

Fascinating, informative, fantastic, fabulous, you know my interest in bb and this has lots of detail.
Thanks.

 

[Andy Hutyera]

Hey Ferdy,

You've done it again! This is the best thing I've ever seen on building those magnificent craft. Getting to see William Comanda in the video is a great plus.
Thanks so much!!!!

 

[Kevin French]

Thanks beaver just about to finish "BB Canoe", 'Living with the Algonquin' by David Gidmark.

Reading about building and watching are two different things.

Sweeper

 

[WoodNCanvas]

For more on the birch bark canoe builders of Golden Lake, see the VirtualMuseum.ca website, Canoe Builders of Pikwakanagan, http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=exhibit_home&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000384.

 

[beaver]

For more on the birch bark canoe builders of Golden Lake, see the VirtualMuseum.ca website, Canoe Builders of Pikwakanagan, http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=exhibit_home&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000384.

This is an excellent website including photos of the largest canoe built in Golden Lake by Matt Bernard.

"While the tradition of birch bark canoe building may be fading into history, some of this legacy is retained in modern cedar strip and canvas copies. What ever romantic name modern companies give their models, Ojibway and Algonquin Indian were their original authors"

Quote by............Tim Du Vernes........Golden Lake, Ontairo

 

[WoodNCanvas]

There is also this link on Turtle Island website, the official website of the Algonquins of Greater Golden Lake First Nation Membership, to an article on the birch bark canoe, http://www.greatergoldenlake.com/bark.html. Some interesting background information.