Make a birch bark canoe - PEM BB traditional.wood.birchcanoe

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the Wood badge in Traditional Skills.

Traveling over long distances in the bush can be a chore.  Lugging a lot of gear makes it even harder.  Why don't we make a canoe to travel on the water?  Let's try to make one!

 
 

Here's one way to do it:


Minimum requirements:
  - Make a traditional birch bark canoe
  - At least 12 feet long
  - This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - The materials you're starting with
  - Several stages during construction
  - Details of sewing, stitching and/or sealing with those materials explained
  - Finished canoe from three angles
  - Canoe floating on the water with two adults sitting or kneeling in it
  - Sped up video of 2 adults paddling it for 30 minutes and showing that it leaked in less than one gallon of water during that time