From Tree To Canoe: Full Length Anniversary Edition - Dugout Canoe Build

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0:00 - 5:40 Reliving The Frontier Dugout Canoe Experience
5:40 - 15:32 Chopping and Burning
15:32 - 24:38 Aches, Pains, and More Chopping
24:38 - 36:38 Ready For Adventure?

[squeehurendu]

Did not know they stored them in the water, thank you for posting as always!

[natmorse-noland]

Divers found a 3000-year-old canoe at the bottom of a lake outside Madison, WI recently! It's really so remarkable how ancient this technology is.

[debluetailfly]

There is a dugout on display in Benton, AR. It was found underwater near the town. Once it was dug out of the mud and recovered, it was stored in a pond until conservators could stabilize it. No telling how many years it had been there.

[nordicson]

Hope you collected all the chips for your hearth. You worked hard making them at least they can help cook you food, make your tea and keep you warm.

[noahmercy-mann]

Very cool! While a Micosukee friend down in Florida described the process, it is still awesome to see it in living color. His tribe favored cypress, which is perfect...since those things grow in the water, they tend not to waterlog or rot for a long time. He said some of them lasted multiple generations. Construction was the same; fire and axes.

[DianeBianchi_MnWx]

Never thought I would be fascinated by a canoe build, but like always Townsends videos never cease to amaze.

[opentothought]

I admire how they kept full authenticity despite all the back breaking labor this took, thank you Townsend crew for putting this project together and sharing it with the rest of us

[hillbillyhistorian]

The series you did on this was all the motivation I needed to build my own dugout. It took a full year and a lot of sweat and blood, but the Kanawha River is being traveled by dugout canoe once again. Thanks Jon.

[alaskansummertime]

Time to use what my Cherokee grandfather would have called fiberglass patch.

[johnphillips]

Man these videos sure make me miss Indiana, haven’t been for years and years, but maybe it’s time. 👍🏻

[peterott]

That was so awesome guys! I imagine it was such a surreal experience and filled you all with a great love and gratitude knowing that you guys built this canoe and actually used it. This was such a joy for me to watch!! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Truly an amazing channel with extraordinary people with such a deep profound love of our Thank you all again.

[johndoe-uzkc]

In the boundary waters in Minnesota you can see giant logs that were cut down with an axe in the water, and they are so well preserved you can still see the axe marks. Amazing how well water can preserve wood.

[BigHorseFilm]

I really enjoyed these videos when the first came out. I had dipped in and out of the channel and I was super impressed with the cinematography on this series and the great complimenting soundtrack. Nothing was over used or forced. Glad to see a full length version. Hope you are all well.

[t.u.]

3:47 John looks so HAPPY here. I had a huge grin just seeing it myself.

[LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue]

A friend of mine is a professor at the University of Wisconsin. They've been helping and consulting on the preservation of a 3000 year old dugout canoe brought up from a lake. It's one of the oldest found in the region. Pretty awesome stuff

[jwthomas]

As a woodworker. To hear that journal entry about hollowing out a black walnut is wild! Amazing

[dennism]

Jon's tenacity to forge ahead when problems arise is commendable. Just as in the days of past, there was little excuse for not completing what needed to be done.

[LeMayJoseph]

I truly love to see the deep respect you all have for the history behind this kind of experimental archaeology. A respect borne of building as our ancestors did, by the wit of your minds, the strength of your backs, and the sweat of your brows (and of course, the wisdom of those who came before you!). Truly inspired work. Congratulations to all of you gentlemen who participated and a big thanks to the kind gentleman who gave you all excellent guidance along the way. Just wonderful to see!

[FirstnameLastname-ewqm]

The lads didn't appear too enthusiasti lol. Smoke break. Interesting to see how slowly the log burned down. Quite a task for you and team John, good job sir.

[kimfleury]

I enjoyed the installments way back when, and really enjoyed this reprised compilation. Since the series was first uploaded some years ago, I've begun following a channel called Working Horses with Jim. He lumbers with draft horses. Probably the main reason he hauls lumber with draft horses is that he can access places that machines can't. He can go into heavily forested land, maybe at most having to cut a trail just wide enough for the horses and cart, whereas machines would need wider trails with more disruption to the forest. It's got me wondering if draft horses could have hauled that log section out of the pit? That would be interesting to see! But it'll remain an unanswered question. Fun to wonder about, anyway.