Getting Started...

After reading through the plans for canoes laid out in Ted Moore's Canoecraft, I decided to build a Cedar Strip Canoe following the original Peterbourough design. Doing a little research, (more to follow) about the design, I learned that the Peterbourough Canoe Co. was one of the primary Cedar Strip Canoe manufacturers in Canada from the 1850's to the 1950's. Exciting about working on a Canoe with a rich historical background, I noticed that there was even a book written by Ken Brown called "The Canadian Canoe Company and The Early Peterborough Canoe Factories." Just realizing that Canoes alone are a deep part of history all over the world for milleniums, is intriguing. For to think what other mode of transportation was available for the Native American Indians? a raft? a sure bet to be stranded in days. The Indians, rather, on Birch Bark Canoes traveled hundreds of miles through rivers to transport thousands of pounds of goods. And the question continues where did the Indians think of the idea? Therefore, I fell like I will apart of history when this project is over.