Using a mix of tallow, oak ash, and pine pitch to waterproof the canoe’s stitching on a 2013 birchbark canoe project on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. Thanks for liking this story! We ...
Todd Labrador’s Mi’kmaq family has been building birch bark canoes for generations at Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site in Nova Scotia. “At one time when we harvested birch bark, we'd put our ...