. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Models of Fur-Trade Canoes, top to bottom: aji-fathom Ottawa River Algonkin canoe, Hudson's Bay Company express canoe, 5'^-fathom T^tes de Boule "Iroquois" canoe, 3J4-fathom Lake Timagami canoe, 5-fathom fur-trade canoe of early type, and 5-fathom Hudson's Bay Company canoe built in northwestern Quebec Province. small variations in sheer, rocker, and midsection must have existed. Although no regulations appear to have been set up by the fur companies to govern the size, model, construction or finish of these canoes, custom and the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Models of Fur-Trade Canoes, top to bottom: aji-fathom Ottawa River Algonkin canoe, Hudson's Bay Company express canoe, 5'^-fathom T^tes de Boule "Iroquois" canoe, 3J4-fathom Lake Timagami canoe, 5-fathom fur-trade canoe of early type, and 5-fathom Hudson's Bay Company canoe built in northwestern Quebec Province. small variations in sheer, rocker, and midsection must have existed. Although no regulations appear to have been set up by the fur companies to govern the size, model, construction or finish of these canoes, custom and the requirements of usage appear to have been satis- factory guides, having been established by practical experience. As a result, the length of canoes varied and the classification by "fathoms" or feet must be accepted as no more than approximate. The form of the canoe was determined by the use to which it was to be put, in trade or in travel. Fur- trade accounts often mention the "light canoe," or canot leger, often misspelled in various ways in early English accounts, and this class of canoe was always mentioned where speed was necessary. Commonly, the light canoe was merely a trade canoe lightly burdened. Due to the narrow bottom of these canoes, they became long and narrow on the waterline when not heavily loaded and so could be paddled very rapidly. It is true, however, that some "express canoes" were built for fast paddling. These were merely the common trade models with less beam than usual at gunwale and across the bottom. Some posts made a specialty of building such canoes, often hand- somely painted, for the use of oflficials of the company, or of the church or government, during "inspection" trips. Not all of the highly finished canoes were of the narrow form, however, as some were built wide for capacity rather than for high speed. 137. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digita
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