DCHP-2
birchbark canoe DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a canoe built from the bark of the white birch, long used by the Indians of eastern Canada.
See also: white birch
- 1829 Thus we can run a rapid of the Rideau River with a birch-bark canoe heavily laden. . . .
- 1961 The birch bark canoe must not touch land for fear of damage to its skin.
- 1965 There are no shops with moccasins and totem poles and birchbark canoes. . . .
- 1829 Thus we can run a rapid of the Rideau River with a birch-bark canoe heavily laden. . . .