THE CANOE: A LIVING TRADITION By John Jennings - Hardcover 2002 First Printing

Description: The canoe was essential to the early exploration of North America. Today, it is a vital link to the natural environment and vast wilderness, still widely used for recreation, transportation and sport. The Canoe is the definitive history of the construction and use of the canoe, kayak, dugout and umiak in North America. The book covers the canoe's origins among Native peoples, its quick adoption by European settlers, its development from a working vessel to a recreational craft. Rare archival images, maps, artwork and stunning photographs of vintage canoes are included. Produced with the support and collaboration of scholars and museums throughout the world, The Canoe also features: High-tech sport canoes and kayaks used in contemporary Olympic Games 400 beautiful images of canoe craftsmanship Step-by-step photos and explanations for building a traditional bark canoe Profile of the famous model-builder, Tappan Adney Detailed maps, glossary, source list and index. The canoe has been used at different times by hunters, travelers, traders, campers and athletes. For centuries the canoe and its sister cr he kayak, were the chief means of trans ortation across much of the North American wilderness.Native peoples fashioned their boats according to their environment and purpose: dugouts for whale hunting off the west coast; kayaks for walrus hunting on Hudson Bay, umiaks for transporting families and goods across the Arctic and bark canoes for fishing off the east coast and for negotiating the rapids of the inland rivers on the Canadian Shield. When the French arrived in the early seventeenth century, they quickly adapted canoes to their own and soon huge Montreal canoes laden with beaver pelts were being paddled by teams of voyageurs across hundreds of miles, bound for the European markets. Until the arrival of light aircraft in the North, the canoe continued to be the basic means of transportation for explorers, miners, and scientists who traveled to the North. From the middle of the nineteenth century the canoe began to have a new role as a recreational vehicle. Builders began experimenting with various methods to produce canoes that were lighter, faster and more economical to build — a process that continues today.In this book, twelve authors write about different canoes — how they were built, how they were used and how they affected the history of this continent. John Jennauthor of TheCanoe in Canadian culture, an associateprofessor at Trent University and Vice Chair of the Canadian Canoe Museum. With support from the Canadian Canoe Museum, he brought together eleven other experts in canoe and kayak scholarship and culture, including Eugene Arima, Hallie E.Bond, Steven C. Brown, David Finch, Don Gardner, Gwyneth Hoyle, C. Fred Johnston, Kenneth R. Lister, Ted Moores, Rick Nash and James Raffan, to create this book. ORDER BEFORE 2 PM CENTRAL - SAME DAY SHIPPINGBANK242

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