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Model of an Extinct Form of Birch-Bark Canoe, Athabascan type, of 

 British Columbia. In Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 

 Mass.; entered in the museum catalog as of 1849. 



over the chine members amidships would be 11 to 1 2 

 inches. The greatest beam would occur 7 to 8)4 

 feet abaft the stem. The depth at heel of stem would 

 be Sji to 9^2 inches and at heel of stern, 10 to 11 inches. 

 The amount of bottom rocker would be between ^4 

 and 1 inch, with its low point about amidships. The 

 cover was usually birch bark, but sometimes spruce 

 bark was used. 



Another kayak-form canoe of unknown tribal desig- 

 nation from the Mackenzie Basin was 1 3 feet 3 

 inches long, 27 inches beam over the gunwales, 8^2 

 inches deep amidships, 8^4 inches deep at heel of stem, 

 10 inches deep at the aftermost thwart, and with 

 about % inch of rocker in the forebody, none in the 

 afterbody. The greatest beam occurred 7 feet 2 inches 



from the stem. The width amidships of the bottom 

 framework of loose longitudinals was 1 3 inches. The 

 length of the rake foreward was 12 inches and aft, 

 12 inches. The fore deck extended inboard to the 

 second thwart, where a roll of bark formed a break- 

 water. The after deck extended inboard to the 

 aftermost thwart. Between the end thwarts the sheer 

 was practically straight; at the ends it rose gently, 

 becoming almost a straight line as it came to the stem 

 and stern, and without the usual upward hook in the 

 ends of the gunwales. 



This was a very light and well-built canoe with a 

 birch-bark cover, a slightly rounded bottom athwart- 

 ships, slack bilge, and flaring sides showing some curve 

 in cross-section. The ends were rather sharp, the 



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