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An interesting Birchbark canoe project is in the works for this summer. The folks at Voyages of Rediscovery are raising funds for a canoe build on Bear Island, Lake Temagami. They've begun their drive with a detailed video of their goals and intention (see below) Seems like worthy project to involve the youth of the island and bring back some pride in their native canoe heritage. Their project site on Kickstarter mentions their fundraising progress...they're getting close to their goal of $10,000. Their pledge page also lists some tempting "rewards" for pledges ranging from bumper stickers, T shirts, DVDs, crooked knives, for donations of $25 or more. The builders previously built a 25 foot trade canoe based from a historic HBC freight canoe photo taken on Bear Island in 1896... Photo credit: R.S. Cassels collection at the National Archives of Canada. Here are some of their Program Objectives: Film the entire project and conduct interviews with tribal community member...