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State archaeologists and volunteers removed an ancient native American dugout canoe from Lake Munson on Nov. 29, 2010. The canoe was exposed during a drawdown of the lake.
Experts at the local historical society – which recovered a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in November 2021 – thought it was a joke, Channel 3000 reported. It wasn’t. It wasn’t.
The Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest were and are still very skilled at crafting wood. Best known for totem poles up to 24 meters (80 ft) tall, they also construct dugout canoes over 18 meters (60 ft) long for everyday use and ceremonial purposes. [26]
A preserved canoe in the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian was excavated from the Hackensack River by Frank Speck, [14] and the institution also has a Lenape-attributed canoe paddle from Burlington County, New Jersey. [15] The Bergen County Historical Society also claims to have an indigenous canoe from the Hackensack area. [16]
In 1937 Betty Lowman Carey became the first white woman to row single-handed the Inside Passage of British Columbia in a dugout canoe.. In 1978 Geordie Tocher and two companions sailed a 3½ ton, 40 foot (12 metre) dugout canoe (the Orenda II), made of Douglas Fir, and based on Haida designs (but with sails), from Vancouver, Canada to Hawaii to add credibility to stories that the Haida had ...
Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota has an ancient history that it is bringing forth one canoe at a time. The Wisconsin Historic Society has now found what it believes are 11 canoes, all from what was ...
Part of the collection of Native American artifacts from Weedon Island has been digitized and is available online as a virtual tour. The most recent addition to the center is a 40 feet (12 m) dugout canoe that was found in the Weedon Island Preserve and is believed to be a Manasotan artifact. It is estimated to be 1,100 years old. [4]
An Indian dugout canoe was found in the lake dating back nearly 4,400 years. Other artifacts have been found around the area dating as early as 8,000 B.C. [ citation needed ] The lake was once named "Scuppernong", [ 4 ] an Algonquian word which means "the place where magnolias grow".