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No.4. Model 3 one man
Canal used by Horse Indians
about Fort Good Hope made
15 or 16 feet long
No.5 Launching one man
Hunting Canoe, and open
for hunting rats made
about 15 feet long or sometime
18 feet for 2 men
Note Skin Kayak used by Eskimo
14 or 15 feet long.
H.McPherson
No.7 Skin Canoe
Propelled by two oars some
that stood by paddler, max
20 or 25 feet long
No.8 Family canoe Mack
Mackins Good Hope
Made about 24 feet long
or slightly smaller
made in Fort style of
Fort Stern. duck one
usual style. Good Hope
No.9 Family Canoe made
at Grand Hope. This
is the style used by
the Bear Lake Indians
Note One man Canoe made
by Dogrib. model at Fort
Rae. Made about 16 feet
long, very light for
portaging