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Canoeing: a sport so popular 

 that in 1926 The Woods Hole 

 Index devoted a chapter to it. 

 MBL Archives. 



over to an island, then walk to the far end to have a picnic, Isabel Conklin 

 reports. That was all tame and ordinary enough, though sometimes thrilling 

 if the weather got a bit rough. One time, at a party for men only, three 

 canoes headed back in the heavy fog to return to the MBL. After a few close 

 calls and some considerable time heading out blindly into the bay, the group 

 found the shore and resigned themselves to continuing the long way, closely 

 hugging the shore. 



Alfred H. Sturtevant and 

 Alfred F. Huettner standing by 

 their canoe, 1923. 

 Photogi-apli by Alfred F. 

 Huettner, MBL Archives. 



