. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. A'aya/c - fbr/Tj S//rA SarA- Co/^of. ^/e>//re*n Cae>y^ 1 1 1 _^urimfO/^t ^ ff' Jia/r m rerr aunX^/e ^/7tf*. Eskimo Kavak-Form Birch-Bark Canoe From Alaskan Coast, with long forcdcck batten-sewn to the gunwales, no afterdeck, and rigid boUom frame. lower '^'ukon and neighboring streams had a short overhang, formed in a curved rake and alike or very nearly so, at bow and stern. On the upper Yukon and adjoining streams the canoes had much rake at both ends, the rake being straight from the bottom outward for some distance, then curving ra
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. A'aya/c - fbr/Tj S//rA SarA- Co/^of. ^/e>//re*n Cae>y^ 1 1 1 _^urimfO/^t ^ ff' Jia/r m rerr aunX^/e ^/7tf*. Eskimo Kavak-Form Birch-Bark Canoe From Alaskan Coast, with long forcdcck batten-sewn to the gunwales, no afterdeck, and rigid boUom frame. lower '^'ukon and neighboring streams had a short overhang, formed in a curved rake and alike or very nearly so, at bow and stern. On the upper Yukon and adjoining streams the canoes had much rake at both ends, the rake being straight from the bottom outward for some distance, then curving rather markedly. The bow rake was usually greatest, but the stern might be higher by one or two inches. The bottom was without rocker, being straight or even slightly hogged in most of these canoes. The sheer was straight to the point where the rake began, then rose in a easy sweep to the ends. The end decks on the upper Yukon canoes were short, those on lower Yukon canoes were much longer; on the latter the bow deck was nearly a third the length of the canoe, on the former about a fifth. In the Mackenzie Basin, the kayak-form canoes had a moderate rake, curved in profile, at bow and stern and a rather low stem- head; the depth at the stern was noticeably greater than at the bow, and the deck forward was commonly a little less than a fourth the length of the canoe. In these canoes the greatest beam in most cases was abaft midlength, and this was also true of the lower Yukon canoes. On the upper Yukon and in some of these canoes on the lower Mackenzie, the greatest beam was amidships and the depth at bow and stern were equal. The variation in depth at bow and stern in some of the kayak-form canoes seems to have been related to the position of the greatest beam; when the beam was abaft the midlength, the greatest depth was aft, where- as when the greatest beam was amidships, the depth at the ends was equal. With the beam abaft mid- length, the weight of the paddler trimmed the cano
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