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- Elwha Spirit Canoe. Paddle to Elwha 2005
Prayer for safety before early morning take-off. Journey 2009
Early Morning Take-off, Journey 2009.
Getting ready to leave Port Angeles / Elwha Territory for next stop. Journey 2009
Canoes line the beach at Elwha stop-over. Journey 2010 Paddle to Makah.
- Children watch canoe landing in Tulalip 2003.
- Honored Elder Mary McQuillen at 2006 canoe meeting in Muckleshoot.
- Child watches canoe landing at Port Angeles 2005
- Youth paddleing canoe for Journey 2005
- Landing at Port Angeles 2005
- Canoes line the beach at Port Angeles 2005
- Canoe entry ceremony – Paddle to Elwha 2005
- Canoe entry Hollywood Beach, Port Angeles 2005
- Makah presentation at Elwha 2005
- Canoes on beach at Port Angeles 2005
- Connie McCloud announces Puyallup Canoe 2001
- Welcome party greets canoes at Swinomish 2001
- Quileute Skipper watches other canoes land
- Getting some solitude at Pt. Townsend stopover 2003
- “Welcome to our Territory. Come ashore.”
- Canoes on beach at Port Townsend stopover 2003.
- Canoe builder John Smith and assistant finishing canoe for Nooksack
Early Morning Take-off, Journey 2009.
Where can i find plans to build those wonderful boats?? Thanks
Most all of the Traditional Seagoing canoes are hand carved from huge Cedar Trees. A few are built in the strip canoe fashion, and some are formed from fiberglass. The canoe carvers have honed their skills over years of canoe-building, and I don’t have knowledge of it, if there are any “plans” for them. If you live in, or can travel to, the Pacific Northwest (NW Washington State or British Columbia) you may be able to connect with some of the canoe builders during the time frame of the Native Canoe Journey / Trible Journeys.
I think it is wonderful that the elders are passing on these traditions to their young people!
Thats a cool canoe Nooksack Ryder’s!! it just floats along