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