This canoe was built in my backyard in 1985, near the Connecticut River, exclusively with tools of stone and bone. A voyage upstream to the Canadian border followed, with primitive survival gear--no metal or matches! The adventure is documented in my book, "Voyage of the Ant." (Originally published by Stackpole Books, ©1989. Second printing by Birdstone Publishers, ©1998.)
Completed birch bark canoe
Birch bark canoe construction
Forming birch bark canoe
Birch bark canoe hull
Fabricating birch bark canoe ribs
Lining the canoe hull with ash planks
Paddling birch bark canoe upstream - all the way - to Vermont
Paddling birch bark canoe downstream - at last! - toward home in CT