WOODEN CANOE ( 14-5 feet long ) " Le Fleuve du Desire " 1930's

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A STUNNING & RARE Canadian Canoe D.S (14,5 feet long- 173") circa 1920s. This Canoe came from FRANCE!!!

In Canada, the canoe has been a theme in history and folklore and is a symbol of Canadian identity.[33] From 1935 to 1986 the Canadian silver dollar depicted a voyageur and an Indigenous
person paddling a canoe with the Northern Lights in the
background.

The Chasse-galerie is a French-Canadian tale of voyageurs who, after a night of heavy drinking on New Year's Eve at a remote timber camp want to visit their sweethearts some 100 leagues (about 400 km) away. Since they have to be back in time for work the next morning they make a pact with the devil. Their canoe will fly through the air, on condition that they not mention God's name or touch the cross of any church steeple as they fly by in the canoe. One version of this fable ends with the coup de grace when, still high in the sky, the voyageurs complete the hazardous journey but the canoe overturns, so the devil can honour the pact to deliver the voyageurs and still claim their souls5" X L 173" (14.5 Feet) L 57"(Paddles)The purpose of the canoe will also
often determine the materials used.
Most canoes are designed for either one person (solo) or two
people (tandem), but some are designed for more than
two people.
Bark: the indigenous peoples of eastern Canada and the northeast United States made canoes using the bark of the paper birch, which was harvested in early spring by stripping off the bark in one piece, using wooden wedges. Next, the two ends (stem and stern) were sewn together and made watertight with the pitch of balsam fir. The ribs of the canoe, called verons in Canadian French, were made of white cedar, and the hull, ribs, and thwarts were fastened using watap, a binding usually made from the roots of various species of conifers, such as the white spruce, black
spruce, or cedar, and caulked with pitch.

Dimensions:
173" long(14,5 feet)
35" wide(3 ft)
12"height (1 ft)
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