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What were those first canoes like? The birch bark canoe and batteau (which is like a flat-bottom, wooden jon boat) were really the way people got around for both pleasure and for work when they ...

There is a group in Whitehorse known as Long Ago Yukon. It has no corporate footprint - it is, according to Michael Dougherty ...

She says the wiigwaas and birch tree are referred to as the tree ... Not a single piece of bark goes to waste either. Kruse says he uses leftover pieces to create smaller artworks or to make ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

Her pieces using the birch bark take about a year to create! She says it’s all about flatting the birch so it’s easier to cover with resin and cut out in all kinds of different patterns.