Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
Chapter One EARLY HISTORY
Summary
Chapter Two MATERIALS and TOOLS
Chapter Three FORM AND CONSTRUCTION
Form
Construction
Chapter Four EASTERN MARITIME REGION
Micmac
Malecite
St. Francis
Beothuk
Chapter Five CENTRAL CANADA
Eastern Cree
Têtes de Boule
Algonkin
Ojibway
Western Cree
Fur-Trade Canoes
Chapter Six NORTHWESTERN CANADA
Narrow-Bottom Canoe
Kayak-Form Canoe
Sturgeon-Nose Canoe
Chapter Seven ARCTIC SKIN BOATS Howard I. Chapelle
The Umiak
The Kayak
Chapter Eight TEMPORARY CRAFT
Bark Canoes
Skin Boats
Retrospect
Appendix The Kayak Roll John D. Heath
Bibliography
Index