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BRUNSWICK, Maine – One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. The canoe ...

World travel for birch bark canoe Marvin DeFoe paddled his first birch bark canoe part way down the Mississippi River. He didn't make it all that far -- at 18, his urge to get going was stronger than ...

Ralph Frese, 85, owner of Chicagoland Canoe Base on Chicago's Northwest Side, is working in conjunction with a museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, to restore an old birch bark canoe. "This canoe is ...

Tools of trade: Bowie knife, crooked knife, ax and awl. In production work, Lindman uses a planer for ribs and gunnels. With steel tools available 150 years ago, it takes a month to gather materials ...

A northern Michigan resident makes canoes and other items the old-fashioned way. MIDLAND -- Michigan has abundant natural resources. For Jim A. Miller, such abundance is fuel for his art. The Chippewa ...

NORTHWEST ANGLE, Minn. -- When a tribal elder on Lake of the Woods saw the birch bark canoe Talon Stammen was building, the native was quick with a quip. "You know they make those in Fiberglas now," ...

Back in 2011, Grant Goltz of Hackensack and friends showed-off their hand-build birch bark canoes by paddling them into Outing. These practical works of art were a tremendous hit for visitors. They ...

GREENVILLE — It was with uncanny ease that the first few birch bark canoes glided into view, cutting the wind-riffled surface of Moosehead Lake. Their paddlers directed the boats in loose courses ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. The ...