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White Birch Bark

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

birch bark

Easy to see how people made paper and skins for boats out of this stuff. The interesting question is, what evolutionary or functional value does it have for the tree?

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Posted on 27 Mar 2004 at 8:20 AM1Monika

I found another interesting link about the construction of the birch bark canoe:

http://www.whiteoak.org/learning/canoes2.htm
Posted on 27 Mar 2004 at 8:12 AM2Monika

This is a great picture! Canoes were (and are) made out of bigger and thicker pieces of birch bark, though – as far as I know.

You can learn to build your own birch bark canoe:

http://www.barkcanoe.com/classes.htm

– quote –
Prepare to get dirty, tired, smell like smoke and generally feel great! Gain the skill and certainty needed to build your own birchbark canoe. It’s not enough to “know about”. To really “know” it requires that you “do”. Once you acquire the skill you will have certainty and confidence.
— end of quote —

This sounds the right thing for you – and a lake for the test drive is available as well. ;)

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