Canoe Paddlers

ID: 8 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Richard Droker, https://www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/43057918204

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Paddlers in the Power Paddle to Puyallup, 2018.

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Native Canoes Return to the Salish Sea – The Revival of an Ancient Tradition

Indigenous peoples throughout the San Juan Islands and beyond relied on massive cedar canoes for their subsistence since time immemorial. Native craftsmen chose sections of cedar trees up to 60 feet long for their vessels. Cedar logs would always be…