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Ancient, moss-covered canoe found in Alaska forest
Reuters via YahooNews/AP ^
| Jul 14, 2011
| staff reporter
Posted on 07/16/2011 8:10:01 AM PDT by Daffynition
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters Life!) - An unfinished Indian canoe, apparently abandoned 500 years ago, has been discovered in a remote section of an Alaska rain forest, according to officials.
The canoe, carved from cedar, was discovered under a thick layer of moss and is surrounded by trees that are several hundred years old, Sealaska Corp., the Alaska Native corporation that owns the land, said in a statement.
The artifact was first spotted last winter by a surveyor checking potential timber-harvest sites, but the discovery was kept confidential until now, the company said.
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TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Society; Travel
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To: SunkenCiv
Fuzzy canoe alert.
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:11:33 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
we might be able to look at the dimensions and find out are we making canoes differently todayYa think?
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:19:58 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: Daffynition; mickie
This fuzzy canoe is temporarily estimated to be around 500 years old. It's great that it's remained in such good shape during all these years. Yet, I don't think it can be properly classified as "ancient".
Indeed, if we had remnants of the Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria from when Columbus sailed the blue in 1492, we would hardly classify these artifacts as "ancient".
Leni
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:20:10 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
To: MinuteGal
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:32:50 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
These people are in the class of the ignoramus.
It`s called a dugout. -
``dugout canoe``[modern]
Webster 1887
dugout= 1. A canoe or boat made by hollowing out a large log.
To: Daffynition
Call me when someone discovers a moss covered 3 handled family credenza. I’ve been wondering what it is since I was a kid.
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:39:02 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Daffynition
500 yars ago?? Maybe....But (IMHO) I really doubt it. That's back in Christopher Columbus's time.
Maybe more like 200 years old.
And where's the nearest river??
To: bgill
They make it sound like we know nothing of early canoes. Actually, Fed and State surveyors were even making them to accomodate their work circa 1800.
To: Daffynition
Bottom Line....Here come the Feds
...Grant Money....Protected Site....
Guess they couldn't find any owls....
To: Sacajaweau
And where's the nearest river??
No kidding, those dugouts aren't light weight fiber glass.
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posted on
07/16/2011 8:59:10 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Daffynition
I think they said that they hadn't removed the moss yet...So I would take everything with a grain of salt.
And guess what....White men carved canoes, too.
To: Daffynition
I love my ancient car, also, heheh.
BTW....your profile page is so interesting and so much fun....especially the kid on the bike at the bottom!
Leni
To: MinuteGal
This fuzzy canoe is temporarily estimated to be around 500 years old. It's great that it's remained in such good shape during all these years. Yet, I don't think it can be properly classified as "ancient". Indeed, if we had remnants of the Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria from when Columbus sailed the blue in 1492, we would hardly classify these artifacts as "ancient".I've got an Ancient CD of Microsoft 2007 lying around somewhere.
Maybe I can donate it to the Smithsonian.
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:07:26 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(If you pet a tiny goose, you will feel a little down.)
To: Daffynition
To: Daffynition
Was it filled with Chinese takeout containers?
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:18:17 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Lazamataz
I still have a computer that used to 5 1/4 “ floppies, one to store the data and one for the word processing program. It, too, has moss on it, but was used in my youth.
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:23:51 AM PDT
by
LachlanMinnesota
(Which are you? A producer, a looter, or a moocher of wealth?)
To: LachlanMinnesota
Ufortunately, my former boss discarded a 186-based computer. No, not 8086, and not 80286... but an 80186. They are very rare and worth money and I saw dollar signs circle down a drain when he told me it was already gone.
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:31:58 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(If you pet a tiny goose, you will feel a little down.)
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:32:27 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: blueunicorn6
Viking food containers.
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posted on
07/16/2011 9:34:51 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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