Learn to Build Your Own Birchbark Canoe
as done by Native Builders for Centuries
If you would like to learn to build, repair or restore a birchbark canoe one of our four options should work for you.
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There are 4 methods of instruction to choose from:
1. Attend our 14 day group class and help
build a full size canoe
Schedule for 2007 Site of the 2005 and 2006 Class, Riverside State Park, Spokane River,
Spokane, Washington. You can view photos of those classes here for 2005
and here for 2006
For more information or to register call: 509-327-7902 or e-mail barkcanoe@earthlink.net
509.327.7902 voice and fax
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Consignment Canoes
This is the basic class where, as a group, we build a full size canoe. All the skills are taught
and you will learn them by doing. As a student you will have the opportunity to purchase the canoe
at a student discount.
2. Attend our 14 day advanced class and build your own canoe
You will assemble prepared materials under the supervision of an instructor. The result is canoe you built yourself.
3. Set up a private class in your area and you keep the canoe
This has been a successful format for schools and museums but is also excellent for
private groups. The class is brought to your place, we build a full size canoe and
you keep it.
4. Purchase a home study course
Sometimes it is tough to get away or to even swing the fee for the basic course. The home
study program allows you to watch a video, go through notes and build your own miniature
canoe using the skills and methods from the study materials.
