History and Overview of Birch Bark Canoe Building | Native Skills | Self Reliance | Bush Craft
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Peter demonstrates collecting raw materials and constructing a birch bark canoe using traditional methods. This includes collecting the birch bark, digging roots for stitching, splitting cedar for ribs, gunnels, sheathing and thwarts. Only traditional tools are used in the construction, with the primary tool being the crooked knife. He then takes the canoe on its maiden voyage.
Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly
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Peter, Thanks once again for the amazing video! A Tip of the Hat To You.
Thanks again!
Beautiful canoe.
Thank you.
Enjoyed your video
Top of the morning! I live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Trinty River Basin. The name of the basin that we use today comes from the Spanish. French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, in 1687, named it Riviere des canoës ("River of Canoes"). In 1690 Spanish explorer Alonso de León named the river "La Santísima Trinidad" ("the Most Holy Trinity"), in the Spanish Catholic practice of memorializing places by religious references. The river of canoes! I am enjoying your videos tremendously.
A great bit of history your Trinity River Basin has, I guess like a lot of places but, few have names like La Salle and Leon attached to them. You have been a faithful follower and I sincerely appreciate it.
Can’t wait
I would have liked if you documented the building of the cabin, root cellar and what ever you managed to build in just 3 years on your own..It's some amazing skills.
This will be a fantastic series. I live in Northern Michigan and have been wanting to build an authentic Ojibwe canoe. So I will be watching. Love to see your skills presented.
Thanh you.
New subscriber here from American Patriot and Early American. I love what Justine and Ron are doing and I can tell by watching this video that I'm going to enjoy your channel too.
I’m flattered, Shay, for both Justine and Ron are avid historians and very good at what they do.
NICE!!!
Can’t wait to see your birch bark canoe how-to video!!!
Thanks Sam - we are going to start filming in the spring!
We will be doing it start to finish this spring Sam.
You forgot about wisconsin. These crafts were abundant in wisconsin and there is a rich history there
Indeed they were, my old mind has trouble remembering it all, lol. Appreciate your interest.
I absolutely love the aroma of birch bark! I found it difficult to work with, because it dried out, & became brittle, faster than I could work it.
Built a basket for my Mom.
Lots of boiling water until you have the desired shape and then it tends to have a lasting memory.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I tried dipping a basket in the works, into boiling water once, thinking the steam would soften the bark, only to watch in horror, as it shriveled up like a pice of plastic in a fire, instantaneously ruining that project. 🤦♂️
Got a follower here for sure,
your skills, knowledge, editing and narration are impecable.....
I'm a braziliam imigrant with a tremendous respect for native culture. all the best!
We a flattered with your compliments Garson and glad you’re enjoying.
You are a master !
I sincerely appreciate your compliment Simone.
🌲🐢🌲🦅🌲thank you for sharing your videos stay safe happy and healthy out there 🐰🐢🌲🦅🌲
Looky there. 1,000 likes.
So amazing how you build a canoe thank you for your video
Thanks Bobby, we appreciate your positive feedback.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Keep it coming and be safe.
Thanks, will do!
Thank you.
The canoe building is pretty impressive Peter!
Thanks Dave.
So very informative, Never realized how playable Birch Bark is. It’s like creation understood man would need to float one day. Appreciated seeing the craftsmanship close up. Well done
They may have been stone age people but, they were brilliant!
Beautify done Sir.
Thanks Jack, means a lot.
Very nice.....just found this channel and subscribed right away. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Thanks and welcome
Thanks again. I must say your name “inconvenient family” has aroused my curiosity??
Wow amazing skills
Love watching you work sir! Wonderful video!
Great video. I'm looking forward to seeing the build.
Looking like next spring now. I have material for the gunnels, ribs and sheathing but, have not located suitable bark as yet.
lovely
Thank you.
Thats amazing! Thank you.
Okay it’s official. I want one.
Not that hard to learn the basic skills to build one but, the problem is the amount of time required. It takes me approximately 600 to 700 hours per canoe.
I started watching your channel with the cabin build, then started watching your previous videos. I thought you have tremendous skills and knowledge building cabins and now to find out you build canoes too! I am anticipating that canoe build video, and if it is as good as your cabin build, I know the canoe will be phenomenal! Thank you for sharing all you do Peter! -Steve-
Thanks for your kind compliments Steve. I’m actually cutting the cedar for the canoe build in a couple of weeks and I’ve located my birch tree that I’ll harvest bark from in May.
Oh shit, I could l8sten to this for days
Glad you’re enjoying it!
I was wondering whether you use a microphone? If so, which one? I would love to upgrade for my own channel and your audio quality is next level. Love your content, keep it coming!
Thank you, but we simply use an I eleven pro smart phone. We do have a plug in videomic me-L with a dead cat for windy days.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Wow! Well you do a great job! Thanks for the quick response.
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Excellent skills! I have often dreamed about building a Birch Bark Canoe. Can I ask what species of Birch you harvest your bark from? Up where I live the trees are generally narrower in the trunk and often the bark is perforated. Keep up the good work!
White birch is the only suitable material. If your seeing small holes that look like a capital D on its side, the tree has bronze birch borer and is no good for a build.. we appreciate your interest in our channel.
Thank you, indeed we do have an infestation of Bronze Borer Beetles here over the last few years. I look forward to viewing more of your videos. Best Wishes from BC, Canada@@TheWoodlandEscape
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built three last year
The one your shown working on, would that be your first built Peter ? Looks like 10/12 ft. Hunting Canoe
I believe that is either the second or third, Charles and just a wee bit over 12’.
@@TheWoodlandEscape OK .. What was your very first one, and what kind of "mistakes" you learned from on that very first one, so I might avoid those !
noticed you were splitting cedar the wrong way
How old is your canoe?
The one in this video is a fresh one, but I’m still using the first one I built some 15 years ago.