Building an Algonquin birchbark canoe
Basil Smith uses split spruce root to sew the seams of a new birchbark canoe . The birchbark has been laid out on a sand building bed and staked into the shape of the canoe ; from '' Building an Algonquin Birchbark Canoe '' ; photo Henri Vaillancourt , Maniwaki , Quebec 1980
Building an Algonquin birchbark canoe
Laying out a sheet of bark for a new birchbark canoe . The gunnels are weighted on the birchbark sheet ...the bark is then bent up along the sides into the shape of the canoe ; from ''Building an Algonquin Birchbark Canoe '' ; photo Henri Vaillancourt ; Maniwaki, Quebec , 1980