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A Day with Pinock Smith

July 20, 2011 by Michael Zimmermann 3 Comments

On January 15, 2011, I had the distinct pleasure of spending the day with Pinock Smith, a master builder, known for his traditional canoe-building methods. I first heard of Pinock in the second season of Ray Mears’ Bushcraft, where he and Ray built an authentic birchbark canoe in a week. They worked on screen again in…

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Filed Under: Canoe, Front Page, HowTo, Personal, Uncategorized Tagged With: algonquin, building, Canoe, first nations, native, pinock smith, ray mears, traditional

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