What kind of log had they started with? I have just seen redwood dugouts in northern Calif., which were more crude, and simply dug out. I had no idea that some were more engineered.

: Yesterday morning I went to assist a native canoe carver/builder
: friend with a strip travel canoe and as we were adding our first
: strip of the day he mentioned that we were missing a canoe
: steaming by another carver about a mile away. I asked if it
: would be appropriate for us to go check it out and we were on
: our way. What a privilege.

: Enjoy the slideshow and especially take note of the red hot engine
: parts that took the place of hot rocks for creating the steam.
: Roughly every twenty minutes the hot parts were switched out to
: maintain a constant steam. The canoe is a 22 ft. shovelnose that
: started at 22 inches wide and was spread to 34 inches which
: added about 2 inches to the rocker. Roughly a twelve hour
: process.

: Cut and paste for a photobucket slideshow.

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: http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/reglakephotos/Canoe%20Building/?action=view&current=5a8fa94e.pbw

: I have had a fascination with dugouts since I saw my first one in
: 1981 in Costa Rica. Since then I have done some dugout trips in
: Venezuela and Ecuador and have seen a few under construction.
: This steaming was a real treat for me.