model, 24 feet over the rams, 48 inches beam and 24 

 inches depth. 



The building methods of this type of canoe have 

 never been reported. Probably some kind of a rough 

 building frame was used. Perhaps this was comprised 

 of a couple of the battens and the keel piece, weighted 

 with stones. The building bed was probably level. 

 The main gunwale members were apparently made up 

 temporarily and the bark cover shaped and staked out. 

 From that point the work may have followed the usual 



canoe-building practices except that the ends could 

 not be closed until the framing there was complete, 

 otherwise it would have been impossible to fasten the 

 small ribs in the rams. The structure of these canoes 

 appears to have been almost entirely cedar, except 

 for the bark and lacings which, in some instances, 

 were partly some bark fiber as well as roots. In 

 general, the construction of this class of canoe did not 

 match in quality that of the other bark canoes of the 

 Northwest. 



Figure 156 



Indians with Canoe at Alert Bay, on Cormorant 

 Island, B.C. 



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