cedar canoes
Aromatic bark boats
Cedar canoes are watercraft built from cedar wood, traditionally crafted by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and other regions.
The term usually refers to dugout canoes carved from a single cedar log, though it may also describe canoes with cedar-plank or cedar-strip construction.
Cedar's natural rot resistance and light weight make it ideal for boatbuilding: They paddled cedar canoes along the coast.
- gunwalesBoat's upper side edges
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- traditional knowledgeCommunity wisdom across generations
- thwartsFrustrates or blocks
- keelHull's structural base
ceremonial use · spirit journey · ribs · indigenous art · potlatch · bentwood · oral history · Haida · Pacific Northwest · coastal tribes · woodworking tools · paddling · portaging · adze · old growth · birch bark · voyageurs · fishing
- canoespaddle, paddles, waka, umiak, pirogue
- Coastal AlaskaSitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, fjords
- tribal artifactstribal artifacts, ceremonial regalia, tribal jewelry, tribal patterns, woven baskets
- Haida Gwaiitotem poles, potlatch, longhouses, watchmen
- Klallampotlatch, salmon fishing, longhouse, longhouses
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
cedar canoesmotorboats
Engine-driven boats
powerboats · jet skis · speedboats · sailboats · cabin cruisers
cedar canoesbirchbark canoes
Tree-bark vessels paddled by natives