Types of canoes on Puget Sound

The purpose of this work was to describe the types of canoes found at that time on the area of Puget Sound and then summarize, as much as possible, the distribution of these types into other regions based on meager information. The location of Puget sound lies in a general way toward the center of this region, and in this surrounding, the widest variety of canoes seem to be in use. The samples on which this work is based were gathered for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, near Seattle Content includes: Introduction Specialization of the North Pacific Canoe into Different Models Points of Interest in the Various Types The War Canoe The “Freight Canoe” The “Trolling Canoe” The “Shovel-nose Canoe” The “One-man Canoe” The “Children’s Canoe” Native Terms for the Parts of the Canoe Distribution of the Various Types Conclusions