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How do the Quileute people carve canoes? What are the similarities or differences to the haiwain canoes
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The canoes of the Pacific Northwest and into Alaska tended to be built from whole logs of Western Red Cedar. They were carefully shaped for the outer hull, then drilled and pegs measured and driven in to give the carver of the inside a clue that he had removed enough wood. Sometimes fires were built and extinguished and the charred wood gouged out before continuing. These paddled canoes were used for fishing, travel, and even for whaling.
The cedar logs used for totem poles were generally long and (relatively) slim, the logs used for canoes were shorter and had larger girth.
Many of the nations of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia are uniting in their interest in resuming their canoe journeys. http://www.puyalluptribalnews.com/canoe/ Canoe journeys up and down Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait happen on a regular basis now.
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The Hawaiian canoe evolved from the original Polynesian double-hulled canoe that was stable enough to sail the long distance from Polynesia to the Hawaiian Islands. It is speculated that the travel between the islands ceased hundreds of years before Europeans discovered Hawaii. (Here is information about a recreation of the older style canoes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokulea). I don't have information about what kind of wood or composite was used in the original Polynesian crafts.
It is also speculated that the use of the Hawaiian canoe changed from a sailing craft to a paddled boat due to the warfare patterns on the island - getting away from someplace quickly was possible with a paddled boat, not so likely if you had to wait for wind. According to my source on Hawaiian canoes, when they were modified back for use in sailing they returned to the "double canoe," a more stable craft. This change is recorded during the first King Kamehameha's time (ruled 1795 - 1819).
The cedar logs used for totem poles were generally long and (relatively) slim, the logs used for canoes were shorter and had larger girth.
Many of the nations of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia are uniting in their interest in resuming their canoe journeys. http://www.puyalluptribalnews.com/canoe/ Canoe journeys up and down Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait happen on a regular basis now.
The Hawaiian canoe evolved from the original Polynesian double-hulled canoe that was stable enough to sail the long distance from Polynesia to the Hawaiian Islands. It is speculated that the travel between the islands ceased hundreds of years before Europeans discovered Hawaii. (Here is information about a recreation of the older style canoes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokulea). I don't have information about what kind of wood or composite was used in the original Polynesian crafts.
It is also speculated that the use of the Hawaiian canoe changed from a sailing craft to a paddled boat due to the warfare patterns on the island - getting away from someplace quickly was possible with a paddled boat, not so likely if you had to wait for wind. According to my source on Hawaiian canoes, when they were modified back for use in sailing they returned to the "double canoe," a more stable craft. This change is recorded during the first King Kamehameha's time (ruled 1795 - 1819).
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