birchbark canoe
Tree-skin boat
A birchbark canoe is a lightweight watercraft made by stretching birch bark over a wooden frame, traditionally built by Indigenous peoples of North America's northern woodlands.
The design allowed for portability between waterways and easy repair with available materials.
They paddled the birchbark canoe across the lake at dawn.
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- portageOverland boat hauling
- voyageurFrench-Canadian fur transporter
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
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