Alutiiq Warrior Kayak Undergoing Conservation

In an unusual "exhibit" that makes conservation work visible to the general public, the Peabody Museum of Anthropology and Ethnolo...

Authentic Fiberglass Birchbark Canoes

Of course the title of this post is meant as a malapropism, but John Lindman of the Bark Canoe Store comes as close as anyone to making an ...

César's Bark Canoe

This video by Canada's National Film Board is familiar to many bark canoe aficionados. For those not familiar with it: it's a well f...

Voyages of Rediscovery in Ontario

  Voyages of Rediscovery is an educational organization operating mostly in Washington state, using canoes and canoe-related skills as mean...

Chinese Bamboo Rafts Redux

Continuing yesterday's discussion on the bamboo rafts of China... Model of a Taiwanese bamboo raft. These were up to 35 feet LOA by 10 f...

Tim Severin's Bamboo Raft

Like his earlier book  The Brendan Voyage , which we have discussed previously , Tim Severin's The China Voyage: Across the Pacific by B...

Were the First Americans from Europe?

Interesting article in today's New York Times outlining evidence that the Americas might have been settled by the Solutrean people of I...