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bark (canoe) † 
n. a canoe built from the bark of the white birch, long used by the Indians of eastern Canada.
See also: birchbark canoe white birch
- 1779 The said John Greaces on the first day of November last set out in a bark canoe . . . to go to Sorel.
- 1845 . . . Silas sprung upon the shore, dashed through the circle, and bore off the Indian bride to his bark.
- 1920 . . . 100 miles of rapids . . . seemed a dangerous undertaking, but Captain O'Kelly's handling of the bark soon made it seem an everyday affair.
- 1963 This was marsh hay, gathered along the lake shore by Indians working in pairs of bark canoes joined by pole platforms upon which the hay was piled as it was removed from the water.
- 1779 The said John Greaces on the first day of November last set out in a bark canoe . . . to go to Sorel.