For example, the traditional birch-bark tray used to ... post of the Northwest Fur Company in the 18th century; undoubtedly this very beach had witnessed canoe construction in earlier times.
He also has two birch bark canoes: a 16-foot half-scale model of a 32-foot historic Voyageur-style fur trading canoe, along with a 13-foot Ojibway hunter’s canoe. Birch bark canoes are made ...