The Making of a Birchbark Canoe


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Planking and Ribbing

Ribs are boiled in a steel tube (above) to make them pliable. They are
then forced into place by hand and marked for length, at which point they
are taken out, cut and shaped to fit under the gunwale.

Below is a finished rib tip.


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