

MiCMAC Rough-Water Canoe, Bathurst, N.B. (Canadian 

 Geological Survey photo.) 



about %6 inch thick. The strakes were laid edge-to- 

 edge longitudinally, with slightly overlapping butts 

 amidships, and were tapered toward the ends of the 

 canoe. The maximum width of any strake at the 

 butts was about 4 inches. 



In some of the rough-water canoes fitted to sail, a 

 guard strip running the full length of the canoe and 

 located some 6 or 7 inches below the gunwale was 

 placed along both sides to protect the strongly 

 tumble-home sides from abrasion from the paddles, 

 particularly when the craft was steered under sail. 

 These strips, about 5i6 inch thick and % inch wide. 



were butted on each side, a little abaft amidships, 

 and were held together by a single stitch. The 

 guards were secured in place by rather widely spaced 

 stitches around them that passed through the bark 

 cover and ceiling, between the ribs in the topsides. 

 At bow and stern, the ends of the guards butted 

 against the battens outside the bark at the end 

 profiles and were secured there by a through-all 

 lashing. 



The proportions and measurements of the Micmac 

 canoes appear to have changed between the colonial 

 period and the late 19th century. From early refer- 



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Micmac Woods Canoe, built by Malccite Jim Paul at St. 

 Mary's Reserve in igii, under the direction of Joe Pictou, 

 old canoe builder of Bear River, N.S. Modern nailed type. 

 {Canadian Geological Survey photo.) 



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