The oldest known surviving birch bark canoe is headed to the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario.
http://www.nmmc.co.uk/index.php?/whatson/news/one_of_the_worlds_oldest_birch_bark_canoes_discovered_in_cornwall/
The original build-it-yourself kit
– Last Updated: Feb-11-11 7:34 PM EST –
Canadian Film Board
How to make a Birch Bark Canoe from scratch :
http://www.nfb.ca/film/Cesars_Bark_Canoe
No nails, no high tech adhesives, no modern equipment, raw and beautiful in its simplicity and art.
César Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal,
uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and tree gum.