Comment by bitwize

First Paddle-to-the-Sea, now I'm having flashbacks to the American Indian Archaeological Institute (now the Institute for American Indian Studies) in Connecticut, wherein I saw a full-sized birch bark canoe as an exhibit. As I recall it was shown as if it were mid-construction, so that guests could see how such a canoe would be constructed: how the panels were sewn together, attached to the gunwales, and sealed for waterproofing.