[SunkenCiv]

New tests reveal that this dugout canoe, found in Lake Minnetonka in 1934 and thought to date from the 1750s, is almost 1,000 years old. “It totally shocked us,” said Russ Ferrin, left. Photo: Brian Peterson

[minnesota_bound]

Fishing for Muskies. Caught a big one and was pulled down......

[Vigilanteman]

So how can they be sure it wasn't built by a viking? After all, they made it as far west as Alexandria to leave a Rhunestone.

[Tupelo]

“Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association took it in 1961”

Took it, Just took it. I sure hope the guy that left it there doesn't need it again.
Head shaking.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

It doesn’t look seaworthy. Did the Marxist fascists therefore legislate 22,374 new government regulations for canoes?

[freedomlover]

Not sure I would recognize it as a canoe if I dug it up

[dfwgator]

So it was purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka?

[SoCal Pubbie]

Wouldn’t the test show how old the tree was from which the canoe was carved, not when the carving was done? Or am I missing something?

[Puppage]

[Rebelbase]

18” wide on the beam. No fast-food butts back then.

[Rebelbase]

“18 inches is about the width of the pilot’s seat in a Vietnam era Huey Cobra attack chopper I saw in a museum.

[Starstruck]

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources determined an additional 700 years of boat fees was due.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Did they find my guns by it? I am pretty sure this was the same area of my tragic boating accident...

[Scoutmaster]

A little high-quality marine wax and she’ll be good as new.

[Clioman]

So, the northern Native Americans’ technological high-water mark was reached about 1,000 years ago...since then even their latest advance, the casino, has only been an adaptation of a European invention.

[eartrumpet]

Expired registration sticker, ID numbers not visible from both sides, and no invasive weeds sticker at all. Authorities are searching for the rightful owners to discuss fines.