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Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
By:Charlie
Date: 4/17/2008, 4:41 pm
In Response To: Material: Looking for source of eastern white cedar (Ralph Hoffmann)

: Hi, I want to build a canvas covered cedar strip canoe and am looking for a
: source of clear eastern white cedar here in Ontaro. I can mill it myself
: so rough cut is good. Can anyone help me out?

If you are refering to a traditional wood & canvas canoe the wood of choice is Northern White Cedar most of which comes from eastern Canada. The folks to talk to are at;
http://forums.wcha.org/index.php?s=

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Material: Looking for source of eastern white cedar
Ralph Hoffmann -- 4/17/2008, 7:47 am
Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
Kim Woodman -- 4/18/2008, 5:51 am
Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
Charlie -- 4/17/2008, 4:41 pm
Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2008, 1:32 pm
Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
Glen Smith -- 4/17/2008, 8:16 am
Re: Material: Looking for source of eastern white
Matthew Bastian -- 4/21/2008, 3:27 pm