Canoes: a natural history in North America

Foreword. Scenes from a life in canoes / John McPhee

Introduction

Dugout canoes. Napolean Sanford

Birch-bark canoes. Elm-bark canoes

The oldest birch-bark canoe

The fur trade. The Algonquin fur trade

Frances Anne Hopkins

All-wood canoes. Jule Fox Marshall

Wood-and-canvas canoes. Tom Seavey

Canoe sails

Synthetic canoes. Canoe patents

Canoes in wartime

Square-stern canoes

The human-powered movement. Paddles

Canoe packs

Canoe tripping.