Another canoe

[gregszybala]

A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin — this time tracing back to 1000 B.C.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/24/11248...ound-wisconsin

[Josie]

Nice discovery

[Cecilia]

Talk about shiver bumps!

[sailorjoe]

Hi Greg. Thanks for bringing this article to our attention.

[kayakaddict]

Put that in a case! Thanks for sharing. A tremendous find!

[clovisoid]

I bet there a lots of those preserved in the lakes out there, in parts of Florida there are hundreds of them still stuck in the muck simply because preserving them is such a challenge.

If any one is interested, I remember this old video from a guy from Indiana who recreates 18th century stuff. He built a dugout canoe much like these, and in his research found lots of evidence they were stored underwater in the winter to keep them from splitting when the wood froze.

[Pishtaka]

I live in SE Wisconsin and am quite convinced there's plenty more to come.

Natives LIVED on the lakes around here, islands on the lakes, and had to have made / disposed / lost thousands or hundreds of thousands of canoes. I'm sure a lot weren't preserved, but enough to find more than 2-3 should be out there.

Now that they know where / what they're looking for, I'm sure you could go to any of the lakes indians lived on (literally all of them) and have a good chance of diving and finding remains or a partial / full canoe.

I cannot find the story anywhere right now, but I've read and was told by many people that when they excavated for the Muskego Dam they excavated a dugout canoe from the pete / marsh soil. We really don't go looking underwater much because it takes scuba gear and money / a boat / etc. If more people get into searching underwater, these things will probably pop up like great lakes shipwrecks.

Here's to hoping at least.

https://muskegohistory.wixsite.com/muskegohistory/potawatomi

EDIT - Found an article about the muskego dam dugout.

[Tam]

Bet the hurricane brings some up this next month .

[Bullheadtee]

I know a guy that found one has patchwork and all about 15' long