Centuries before the invention of the train and the motorboat, canoes were used
for exploration, trade, war, and the hunt. Indians crafted canoes out of dugout
logs, birch bark, and animal hides; French colonists employed courier canoes;
and the Spanish explorers brought cane and wood crafts with them to new lands.
The canoe has brought together Native Americans and European colonists, promoted
exploration, and changed the economy forever with the onset of the fur trade.
Hundreds of years later, it continues to hold practical, ceremonial, and totemic
significance for many North Americans.
Key Porter Books April 2000, 2002
Non-fiction 143 pages
ISBN-10 155263310
The Reviews
Toronto Star: "an aesthetic jewel"...
Hamilton Spectator: "a study of the canoe's pivotal but
under-recognized role in the history of the continent."
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