CanoesAncient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. And if a native of those distant times might encounter a canoe of our daywhether birch bark or dugout or a modern marvel made of carbon fiberits silhouette would be instantly recognizable. This is the story of that singular American artifact, so little changed over time: of canoes, old and new, the