Introduction



Contemporary Canoes



Making of Raven Canoe



Paddling Song
[Real Audio 1' 06]

Haida carved, painted and oiled maple paddle by Reg Davidson Royal British Columbia Museum
CPN 17462-17463



Launch of the 50 ft. Haida canoe, Lootaas, made by Bill Reid, 1986.
U.B.C. Museum of Antropology photo collection
Photo: Jackie Gjissen


"You could get along without anything else on the coast except the canoe. It had to come first and it had to work. I think a great deal of Northwest coast form comes from the canoe form."
-Bill Reid, Haida artist and canoe maker, q'adasgu qiigawaay clan, 1975.