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Drummer Dave
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This is going to be a pictorial of how to make a Birch Bark Canoe.
Im going to post it in sections so the people with dial up or slow connections can still view it.
Ive never made one so i cant explane the steps, so i hope the pics do the talking for ya. 
Step 1: Collecting materials.
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Mystik Spiral
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Dang that's crazy!  I always go for the bark after the woods rotted, then smack out the inside.  Great for fire.  Wonder what he used the rest of the tree for. 
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Cool. 
Thanks for being kind to those of us with more primitive ways of connecting.  
Looking forward to more pictures.
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Drummer Dave
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Here are 5 more stages of the Birch bark Canoe.
> Putting materials to use <
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Mystik Spiral
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Any idea on how much they cost
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LaraCroft
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Thats cool....Wondered how they built them.
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Drummer Dave
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> Well, a canvas & cedar canoe can run you around $ 3,500 to $ 4,500 there nice but expensive.
A handmade Birchbark canoe .... i can only guess around $ 6,000 ? maybe more ?
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Its free if you make you own  Just need to practice a lot. Typically, you use the rest of the tree for the frame Mystik, because once you ring the bark like that, the tree is as good as dead.
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Drummer Dave
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^ Ya thats just it, its finding someone that can make a Birch bark canoe.
If you have never done it, forget it, lol. It takes a real master to get everything right.
Thats why im thinking it wold be a costly thing to get someone that knows what there doing to make it.
These days Gas isn't cheap & costum canoe making isn't as well. 
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Everything is expensive these days...
I'd make sure to plant a tree to replace the one used too.  Maybe two.
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Ya good plan Steph plant 2 trees for every 1 you use
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> Stage 3 < starting to come together
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Mystik Spiral
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The suspense is killing me.
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^ lol, sorry bout that, i leave it for a few days so people can view it. Let the suspence build
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> Starting to come together <
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Mystik Spiral
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I think if I would try to make one of those i'd rip the bark a thousand times.
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that looks awesome but i think that would take forever to do lol that would be hard to take that bark i think without it breaking or something
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Drummer Dave
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^ no doubt you would have to know how to work the material. My guess is keep it moist if not wet.
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wow. can hardly wait to see the end product.
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LaraCroft
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That is awesome to watch them make.
How long does it actually take to make one?
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