The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. (book reviews)

First published in hard cover in 1963, this volume remains among the most definitive works on Native boats of North America, the main text being based on the research of an artist-craftsman, Edwin Adney, who in 1889 built his first bark canoe under the direction of Peter Joe, a Malecite Indian who lived near Woodstock, New Brunswick. The 21-year-old Adney recorded every step of the construction and published the result, together with detailed sketches, in the Harper's Young People magazine in July 1890.

These were probably the earliest detailed descriptions of a bark canoe, with ...

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