The realm of the birchbark canoe / John Jennings -- The canoe frontier / John Jennings -- Building birchbark canoes / Rick Nash -- Light craft from the great Northwest / David Finch and Don Gardner -- Vessels of life: Northwest Coast dugouts / Steven C. Brown -- Building dugouts / Eugene Arima -- The kayak and the walrus / Kenneth R. Lister -- Building umiaks / Eugene Arima -- From forest to factory: innovations and mass production / Ted Moores -- Paddling for pleasure in the Northeastern States / Hallie E. Bond -- Fast paddles and fast boats: the origins of canoe racing / C. Fred Johnston -- The scholar: Tappan Adney / John Jennings -- The collector: Kirk Wipper / Gwyneth Hoyle -- The canoe: a living tradition / James Raffan.