North Canoe likely being used for a short voyage, given the lack of cargo or heavy clothing. The voyageur paddlers and steersman were nicknamed "porkeaters" because of this staple in their diet.
Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834) Two of the Companies Officers Traveling in a Canoe Made of Birchbark Manned by Canadians, c. 1823
Watercolour and pen and ink,
21.5 x 26.8 cm
National Gallery of Canada (23007)
Anne Brownell Jameson
The Canoe on Lake Huron, c. 1836-37
Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (966-6L-35)
his freight canoe is either in passenger service or on an excursion. The vessel, riding high on the water, appears lightly loaded.
n this example, military officers are using either a North Canoe or a "Bastard" Canoe * to travel the Rideau Canal and River system, apparently hunting waterfowl along the way.
* a slightly shorter vessel than a Montreal Canoe; see the next page for more details.
Thomas Burrowes Upper Rideau Lake; Canoe en Route to Bytown; Westport in the Distance, after 1832
Watercolour and pen and ink
Archives of Ontario (33)
North Canoe likely being used for a short voyage, given the lack of cargo or heavy clothing. The voyageur paddlers and steersman were nicknamed "porkeaters" because of this staple in their diet.
his freight canoe is either in passenger service or on an excursion. The vessel, riding high on the water, appears lightly loaded.
n this example, military officers are using either a North Canoe or a "Bastard" Canoe * to travel the Rideau Canal and River system, apparently hunting waterfowl along the way.
