Sketch of a Beothuk Canoe, ca. 1915

Sketch of a Beothuk Canoe, ca. 1915
The Beothuk made birchbark canoes ranging in length from 12 to 22 feet. The dimensions in this sketch were taken from a museum model.

From James P. Howley, The Beothucks or Red Indians: The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland (Cambridge: University Press, 1915) Plate III.

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