. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Jca/e ,n ^fft ^ /~a/Ac>/r> J"/ /ranc/j ^Srr/a^ri /^un/rr'j ^or?oe Sram J2' /nj/ea/f gtfrtivci/eJ JO' \. St. Francis 2-Fathom Canoe of About 1865, with upright stems. Built for forest travel, this form ranged in size from 12 feet 6 inches overall and aGji-inch beam, to 16 feet overall and 34-inch beam. This particular canoe represented a hybrid design not developed for sale to sportsmen, and the sole example, a full-size canoe formerly in The American Museum of Natural History at New York and meas- ured by Adney in 1890, is now mis
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Jca/e ,n ^fft ^ /~a/Ac>/r> J"/ /ranc/j ^Srr/a^ri /^un/rr'j ^or?oe Sram J2' /nj/ea/f gtfrtivci/eJ JO' \. St. Francis 2-Fathom Canoe of About 1865, with upright stems. Built for forest travel, this form ranged in size from 12 feet 6 inches overall and aGji-inch beam, to 16 feet overall and 34-inch beam. This particular canoe represented a hybrid design not developed for sale to sportsmen, and the sole example, a full-size canoe formerly in The American Museum of Natural History at New York and meas- ured by Adney in 1890, is now missing and probably has been broken up. The St. Francis canoes were usually small, being commonly between 12 and 16 feet overall; the 15-foot length usually was preferred by sportsmen. The width amidships was from 32 to 35 inches and the depth 12 to 14 inches. The 14-foot canoe usually had a beam of about 32 inches and was nearly 14 inches deep; if built for portaging the ends were somewhat lower than if the canoe was to be used in open waters. Canoes built for hunting might be as short as 10 or 11 feet and of only 26 to 28 inches beam; these were the true woods canoes of the St. Francis. The gunwale structure of the St. Francis canoes followed Malecite design; it was often of slightly smaller cross section than that of a Malecite canoe of equal length, but both outwale and cap were of somewhat larger cross section. The stem-pieces were split and laminated in the same manner, but occasion- ally the lamination was at the bottom, due to the hard curve required where the stem faired into the bottom. Many such canoes had no headboards, the heavy outwales being carried to the sides of the stem pieces and secured there to support the main gunwales. If the headboard was used, it was quite narrow and was bellied toward the ends of the canoe. In some St. Francis canoes the bark cover in the rockered bottom near the ends showed a marked V. In the canoe examined by Adney at the American Mus
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