. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. -> â WW »---. Model of an Extinct Form of Birch-Bark Canoe, Athabascan type, of British Columbia. In Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; entered in the museum catalog as of 1849. over the chine members amidships would be 11 to 12 inches. The greatest beam would occur 7 to 8)4 feet abaft the stem. The depth at heel of stem would be Sji to 9^2 inches and at heel of stern, 10 to 11 inches. The amount of bottom rocker would be between ^4 and 1 inch, with its low point about amidships. The cover was usually birch bark, but s
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. -> â WW »---. Model of an Extinct Form of Birch-Bark Canoe, Athabascan type, of British Columbia. In Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; entered in the museum catalog as of 1849. over the chine members amidships would be 11 to 12 inches. The greatest beam would occur 7 to 8)4 feet abaft the stem. The depth at heel of stem would be Sji to 9^2 inches and at heel of stern, 10 to 11 inches. The amount of bottom rocker would be between ^4 and 1 inch, with its low point about amidships. The cover was usually birch bark, but sometimes spruce bark was used. Another kayak-form canoe of unknown tribal desig- nation from the Mackenzie Basin was 13 feet 3 inches long, 27 inches beam over the gunwales, 8^2 inches deep amidships, 8^4 inches deep at heel of stem, 10 inches deep at the aftermost thwart, and with about % inch of rocker in the forebody, none in the afterbody. The greatest beam occurred 7 feet 2 inches from the stem. The width amidships of the bottom framework of loose longitudinals was 13 inches. The length of the rake foreward was 12 inches and aft, 12 inches. The fore deck extended inboard to the second thwart, where a roll of bark formed a break- water. The after deck extended inboard to the aftermost thwart. Between the end thwarts the sheer was practically straight; at the ends it rose gently, becoming almost a straight line as it came to the stem and stern, and without the usual upward hook in the ends of the gunwales. This was a very light and well-built canoe with a birch-bark cover, a slightly rounded bottom athwart- ships, slack bilge, and flaring sides showing some curve in cross-section. The ends were rather sharp, the 167. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithso
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