Birchbark Canoe

An image of a wooden canoe with some details on the side. In front there are two wooden oars.
The birchbark canoes with the paddles from the Eldon House collection

Country of Origin: Canada
Year: ca. 1920
Materials: Birchbark and wood 

An oversize model canoe with quill work decoration. Two wooden paddles accompany the artifact.  This canoe likely was purchased by Ronald Harris for his children when he was employed as a mining engineer in British Columbia.

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We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

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