wow just amazing!! I have seen a couple videos on how to make these birch bark canoes but this one takes the cake! I am now taken on the challenge to make one myself! Thanks for all the help and once again superb video! Take care out there!
Good video, good canoe. Bravo! John McPhee long ago wrote about a guy obsessed with making canoes in this way but with no power tools. Good complement to this video.
Hi Francois You are a true craftsman. It is an awesome canoe you built I wish I could do the same. Please pass your talent onto our younger generation. Merci beaucoup tres belle video !!!!!
Thankyou so muc for this very simple and informative video. I have used while teaching my children about the fur trade and history of Canada. I find it very helpful to point out the untruth in the way many europeans believed the natives were less inteligent than those from the 'civilized' countries. My daughter points out that this is a lot more work than the pictures in childrens history books make it to look. You have given us good insite into both ingenuity and dedication. Many thanks!
je viens d'avoir ton lien d'un ami et j'en reviens tout simplement pas de voir a quel point c'est un art et beaucoup de patience. On vois que c'est une pation pour toi.. moi qui est de descendance indienne.... je t'envie de faire de belle balades dans tes beaux canots. Bravo et félicitation et j'espère que tu vas transmettre ton talent a tes rejetons , c'est vraiment un art qui est porté a disparaître, c'est domage. j'ai été vraiment faciné par les décoration également Bravo vivi22
C'est le même procédé que César Newashish ''Tête de boule'', un cris qui a été filmé dans les années 70 en train de confectionner un canot d'écorce. Je vais tenter ma chance un jour et en faire un à mon chalet au Lac St-Jean, je trouve que c'est un art magnifique. Merci de nous montrer vos trucs.
Awesome job,most people would not take the time it requires to make a canoe out of bark.Ive made my moose calls out of birch bark and i admire your hard work,time and talent.Just making a decent moose call is time consuming ,i can give great resect to the work youve done here.absolutely amazing job$450/ft. is a very reasonable price in my opinion.Collecting spruce root is a big job in itself.5/5 beautifully crafted,very impressed.
Cette tradition se perd malheureusement ! cet artisan travaille comme autrefois... c'est de la perfection...Félicitations cher monsieur pour ce travail si bien fait... vous pouvez en être fier !
can you tell me how long a canoe like the one you built will last? I think you have a great gift. It was truely amazing watching you work. One of the best video's I've seen out here.
Tout simplement magnifique . Votre travail vaut bien des tableaux de maîtres. Mon mari vous demande la longévité d'un canot d'écorce . Merci et félicitation pour votre art .
This is very inspiring and every Canadian kid should see it as part of their education. It made me smile when you launched it. My only question was the source of the roots..That tree looked more like a white spruce .
Nice video, Beautiful canoe.. Easy to watch and listen to. No "woodsy" music just shop sounds. I suffered a head injury years ago and experience PTSD. These normal sounds help me so much !
The world needs more people like this man. People who are willing to devote time to a craft and hone their art. People with this kind of dedication and work ethic are exemplary. Excellent work, keep it up!
Absolutely amazing. I used to watch my grandfather build fishing boats. Your skill and artistry is , "breathtaking". Great job. You truly paid homage to our ancestors.
Great video, I love the whole thing from beginning to end . how it is straight to the point and no blabing on. I am a fellow canoe builder so can appreciate your work. thank you for sharing. Mulus
Congratulations. You are a good builder. If u wana test that canoe in my lake, come to Brazil and u will be me guest. thanks. MRB Delfinópolis MG Brazil
Thank you for your good words about the canoe. Thank you aswell for your invitation to come to Brazil, I would love to! It must be a wonderful country. Cheers Francois
@wayneb6 I have made several birchbark canoes with split lumber, this time I had sawn wood to have less waist. As for the charcoal in the pitch, I have tried it out a few times but I prefer not to put any it makes a better job. Regarding the white spruce roots it is the old way too as it is with black spruce or even jack pine roots. In the litterature, birchbark canoe builder have used all of those trees. Thank you
It depends. The frame for an Algonquin canoe is narrower than the final gunwale which gives the canoe a flared hull. On the other hand, for a Malecite canoe the frame is the same than the final gunwale wich gives the canoe thumblehomed sides a particular feature of the Malecites.
Wow, what an honor to receive such good words from you! I'm proud of reviving the forgotten art of birchbark canoe building. Thanks again for your praising comments!
tu peut regarder l'émission de Ray Mears' Bushcraft S02E01 ou il se fait faire un canoe en bouleau traditionnel. Dans l'émission faire le canoe prend 9 jours et la substence utiliser pour patcher les coutures est un melange de resine et de graisse d'ours
I did not mean to nit pick but sorting out the black, red and white Spruce in my area (sw NB) has been a bit of an obsession with me. I was, however, also wondering about the ingredients in that wonderfully bubbling brew of pitch used for sealing the seams. It must smell fantastic if also made from wood products!
this is awesome! i've been wanting to make one for a while now. What I would love to see from you would be a real step by step tutorial on building one.
beautiful work, well done for mastering a traditional art and helping keeping it alive! our future depends directly on how much of our past we can remember. respect
Wow! combien de temps est-ce que cela te prend pour faire un canoe comme celui la? et qu'elle est la ''substance que tu utilise pour la gomme (pour ''patcher'' les coutures) Très bon video! Je vais esseiller de m'en faire un aussi! Ton video est très inspirant!
@wsogft Telling the difference between black and white spruce is very difficult for me. However,The pitch is made out of black and white spruce gum added with grease to make it less brittle
Just so you know: you don`t have to fell the tree. You can harvest bark and if you don`t go to deep the tree survives and you can harvest again after a few years... other than that; great work!
wow just amazing!! I have seen a couple videos on how to make these birch bark canoes but this one takes the cake! I am now taken on the challenge to make one myself! Thanks for all the help and once again superb video!
Take care out there!
Thanks for posting this video. Nice use of the ancient and modern. Beautiful decoration too.
Wow - I hope you are teaching this to someone as it should be passed on for future generations. I admire and envy your talents. Beau travail
Bravo et merci de nous montrer tout le travail que nécessite la création d'un canoe.
Good video, good canoe. Bravo! John McPhee long ago wrote about a guy obsessed with making canoes in this way but with no power tools. Good complement to this video.
Hi Francois
You are a true craftsman. It is an awesome canoe you built I wish I could do the same. Please pass your talent onto our younger generation. Merci beaucoup tres belle video !!!!!
Thankyou so muc for this very simple and informative video. I have used while teaching my children about the fur trade and history of Canada. I find it very helpful to point out the untruth in the way many europeans believed the natives were less inteligent than those from the 'civilized' countries.
My daughter points out that this is a lot more work than the pictures in childrens history books make it to look.
You have given us good insite into both ingenuity and dedication. Many thanks!
That boat is beautiful. I'll be happy if the boat I build can even be paddled. Your video has been helpful to me. Thank you.
Probably one of the most amazing videos I have seen on youtube. You are a true craftsman!
je viens d'avoir ton lien d'un ami et j'en reviens tout simplement pas de voir a quel point c'est un art et beaucoup de patience. On vois que c'est une pation pour toi..
moi qui est de descendance indienne.... je t'envie de faire de belle balades dans tes beaux canots. Bravo et félicitation et j'espère que tu vas transmettre ton talent a tes rejetons , c'est vraiment un art qui est porté a disparaître, c'est domage.
j'ai été vraiment faciné par les décoration également
Bravo
vivi22
Nothing short of magnificent. Thank you for making this video.
C'est le même procédé que César Newashish ''Tête de boule'', un cris qui a été filmé dans les années 70 en train de confectionner un canot d'écorce. Je vais tenter ma chance un jour et en faire un à mon chalet au Lac St-Jean, je trouve que c'est un art magnifique. Merci de nous montrer vos trucs.
You are a true artisan and craftsman. Absolutely amazing work!
Superbe canoë ! Beau travail ! Un Bonjour de France !
Wow... merveilleuse démonstration de l'équilibre parfait entre l'ingénérie et l'artisanat.
Bravo!
I always wanted to build a burch bark canoe. Just never had the time .
Great video. Best to you and yours. Thsnk you.
Awesome job,most people would not take the time it requires to make a canoe out of bark.Ive made my moose calls out of birch bark and i admire your hard work,time and talent.Just making a decent moose call is time consuming ,i can give great resect to the work youve done here.absolutely amazing job$450/ft. is a very reasonable price in my opinion.Collecting spruce root is a big job in itself.5/5 beautifully crafted,very impressed.
Cette tradition se perd malheureusement ! cet artisan travaille comme autrefois...
c'est de la perfection...Félicitations cher monsieur pour ce travail si bien fait...
vous pouvez en être fier !
Monsieur vous avez de la patience du talent.
Ce canoe est de toute beauté.
Very nice video and very educational for kids too. Great job Sir.
This is insanity, it is a very functional work of art. It is so beautiful, I wish I had the patience to build such a thing.
can you tell me how long a canoe like the one you built will last? I think you have a great gift. It was truely amazing watching you work. One of the best video's I've seen out here.
Tout simplement magnifique . Votre travail vaut bien des tableaux de maîtres.
Mon mari vous demande la longévité d'un canot d'écorce .
Merci et félicitation pour votre art .
This is great! What a nice boat. Thanks for the video.
Bravo bravo tu as garder cette art merci a toi pour nous montre que c est encore possible
wow that is some nice work. you are a very skilled man. thanks for sharing your video of knowledge and skill.
This is very inspiring and every Canadian kid should see it as part of their education. It made me smile when you launched it. My only question was the source of the roots..That tree looked more like a white spruce .
bravo! très beau travail comme j'aimerai avoir votre talent et patience...bravo encore une fois
Nice video, Beautiful canoe.. Easy to watch and listen to.
No "woodsy" music just shop sounds.
I suffered a head injury years ago and experience PTSD.
These normal sounds help me so much !
You are both a craftsman and an artist.
Wow magnifique! Y en a du travaille là d'dans!!!
J'en veux un canot comme ça!!!!! Est-ce que ça s'achète?
If I had time, I might try to make one myself. It likely wouldn't be a piece of art like your's...if it floated I'd consider it a success.
The world needs more people like this man. People who are willing to devote time to a craft and hone their art. People with this kind of dedication and work ethic are exemplary. Excellent work, keep it up!
Fabuleux ! ! ! çà fait rêver ! Merci !
Absolutely amazing. I used to watch my grandfather build fishing boats. Your skill and artistry is , "breathtaking".
Great job. You truly paid homage to our ancestors.
you are the best. thanks for sharing
Great video, I love the whole thing from beginning to end . how it is straight to the point and no blabing on. I am a fellow canoe builder so can appreciate your work. thank you for sharing.
Mulus
Congratulations. You are a good builder. If u wana test that canoe in my lake, come to Brazil and u will be me guest.
thanks. MRB Delfinópolis MG Brazil
Real nice to watch,you must be very proud to be able to make a canoe.
Thank you for your good words about the canoe. Thank you aswell for your invitation to come to Brazil, I would love to! It must be a wonderful country.
Cheers
Francois
Beautiful work. I was surprised you put the white side in, that's not you see in paintings.
wow really good your talented
Great work, you make it look so easy. Truly a beautiful craft. Insirational
Arte pura. Parabéns ao executor. O mundo precisa cada vez mais destas pessoas.
Excellent. Greetings from Acayucan.
Merveilleux quelle patience Merci et Bravo!
Incroyable! Vous avez été témoin du savoir- faire de César Newashish!! Avez vous des anecdotes sur lui au moment du tournage?
I've never seen anything like this! completely outstanding!
That is the most beautiful canoe I've ever seen. Thankyou for uploading this video :)
simply amazing! wish i had such dedication. How long did this process take?
@kimmer6 thanks for the good words. Tradition and craftmanship is a nice mixture!
Very cool. It would have been interesting to know ... how long at what level of focused activity did it take?
superbe merci d'avoir poster cette video
@EspaceParallele yeah. my grandparents used to harvest birchbark. it is a sustainable practice when done right. the trees dont have to die.
Thats really cool :D Looks very clean and it looks like it functions very well, you should be proud.
Thank you! We are learning about canoes in home school and this video was very helpful.
Fantastic job!
wow, what an inspiration... just loved watching this, thanks
Bravo! Y'a de quoi être fier. Nice job!
This is absolutely amazing, man!
nice canoe
what do you do to maintain the canoe?
do you have to eventually replace some parts?
@wayneb6 I have made several birchbark canoes with split lumber, this time I had sawn wood to have less waist. As for the charcoal in the pitch, I have tried it out a few times but I prefer not to put any it makes a better job. Regarding the white spruce roots it is the old way too as it is with black spruce or even jack pine roots. In the litterature, birchbark canoe builder have used all of those trees. Thank you
It depends. The frame for an Algonquin canoe is narrower than the final gunwale which gives the canoe a flared hull. On the other hand, for a Malecite canoe the frame is the same than the final gunwale wich gives the canoe thumblehomed sides a particular feature of the Malecites.
Amazing. Unconventional, no? beautiful results, nice form. well done. high praise
Wow, what an honor to receive such good words from you! I'm proud of reviving the forgotten art of birchbark canoe building. Thanks again for your praising comments!
@XL2man Thank you so much for the good words!
tu peut regarder l'émission de Ray Mears' Bushcraft S02E01 ou il se fait faire un canoe en bouleau traditionnel. Dans l'émission faire le canoe prend 9 jours et la substence utiliser pour patcher les coutures est un melange de resine et de graisse d'ours
wow, beautiful craftmanship
I did not mean to nit pick but sorting out the black, red and white Spruce in my area (sw NB) has been a bit of an obsession with me. I was, however, also wondering about the ingredients in that wonderfully bubbling brew of pitch used for sealing the seams. It must smell fantastic if also made from wood products!
this is awesome! i've been wanting to make one for a while now. What I would love to see from you would be a real step by step tutorial on building one.
Gorgeous work!!
beautiful work, well done for mastering a traditional art and helping keeping it alive! our future depends directly on how much of our past we can remember. respect
@thedeepmetalhead no problem! All the best.
I am stunned -- and full of admiration, sir. You are an artist and a true master craftsman. Congratulations and bravo to you!
Méchante belle job!!!
Franchement, Belle job !!!
You sew it with the harness stich, that means that half of the root is outside the canoe and half is inside and both half go through the same hole
I agree. That canoe is one beauty ^ ^
You are a true craftsman
wonderful canoe
Wow! combien de temps est-ce que cela te prend pour faire un canoe comme celui la? et qu'elle est la ''substance que tu utilise pour la gomme (pour ''patcher'' les coutures)
Très bon video!
Je vais esseiller de m'en faire un aussi! Ton video est très inspirant!
men you are an artist !!!!
Comment pliez-vous le bois? Est ce que vous laissez les planches simplement dans ces chaudrons?
@formerparatrooper Thank you so much for the good words. Actually I get the trees from aeras which will be clear cut in a couple of month.
You da' man! Did you learn how to do this from a book? If so which one? I would love to do this some day, thanks for the inspiration.
@wsogft Telling the difference between black and white spruce is very difficult for me. However,The pitch is made out of black and white spruce gum added with grease to make it less brittle
Hi Francois,
Beautiful work. Can the canoe survive usage in tropical country with in the 100% humility, like in Bahamas? How can I order one from you?
@wsogft thanks for the good words! Indeed it is my mistake about the white spruce.
You use a drill and screws for the frame I notice, but what did the natives use? And how do you make the gum?
This is honestly worth millions of dollars at auction
Je suis sans mot. Est-ce que ce sont les étapes exactes pour faire un canot au complet ou vous vendez un manuel plus précis?
I only have one word: SUBSCRIBED!
Très belle réalisation🚣🏽
Wow, this is just amazing. I am truly inspired!
Pretty interesting. Question though. Wouldn't it be easier just to hollow out a trunk?
thank you so much for your good comment! I apreciate.
@duckletshut venant d'un Algonquin, c,est un compliment! merci beaucoup, j'aime votre culture!
Just so you know: you don`t have to fell the tree. You can harvest bark and if you don`t go to deep the tree survives and you can harvest again after a few years... other than that; great work!
The tree wouldn't survive having it's full bark circumfrence removed
Many trees actually survive it. You can see it all over the internet. The bark grows back.
very nice work...
amazing work sir. I love it!