Canoe Journey Articles and Photos

It's awfully quiet around here. It's not true that 'everybody' on their way to Swinomish, but it sure feels like it...

• NWIFC's photos of the canoe journey landing at Port Gamble
• Article from Indian Country Today on the Paddle to Swinomish
• Article from the Kitsap Sun.
• Undated photo taken at La Conner, we think it's 2010, fascinating close-up viewing technology.
• A blog posting about the landing at Port Townsend
• There's a lot of really cool photographs on Facebook, but we can't get to them from here...

Tlingit Canoe Landing at Hollywood Beach, Port Angeles, July 17, 2011 (click for larger image>

A Canoe Story

A 500-year old canoe has been found on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Think about that while we wait for the 2011 Canoe Journey to arrive. Landing will be around 1 PM on Sunday, down at Hollywood Beach.

Canoe Route Map and Landing Schedule

The landing schedule map for the Paddle to Swinomish has been posted. It's really complicated this year.

(Click for larger image...)

Early News About Canoe Journey, 2011

Swinomish is hosting the 2011 Canoe Journey. En route landing sites and dates so far include Suquamish, July 21-22; Tulalip, July 23; Coupeville, July 24. We will post more dates as they are known. Ceremonial in Swinomish is scheduled for July 25-July 31. (1)(2)(3). The landing site will be in Swadaps Park on Swinomish Channel.

This is going to be a bit further to go for our pullers than it was in 2010 (Makah) and 2009 (Suquamish).

Canoe Journey 2009, landing in Pillar Point (photo by Carol Reiss, USGS)

Some historical canoe images:

• "Tlingits attending potlatch, 1895"
• "Koksilah Reserve canoes, 1890"
• "Salish canoe in Vancouver Harbor. 1890"
• "Bird's-eye view of Makah Potlatch on Tatoosh Island, 1895"
• "Clallam Indians (the Hicks family) pose with canoe near Chimacum Creek, Washington, ca. 1914"

Come to the library for books and DVDs about canoes, and about past canoe journeys.

Canoe Journey Soon

The route map for the Paddle to Makah has been posted on their website. Go directly to the site for an enormous PDF version of the map. Here is a small image:

There are going to be a LOT of canoes here on July 16th and 17th...

Canoe Journey

There was a nice article in the Peninsula Daily News on Monday about Canoe Journey. It comes with a map.

There is also a map on the Canoe Journeys site; it covers the whole geographic area, but is a little hard to read.

Canoe Journey Soon

2009 Canoe Journey: Paddle to Suquamish

The landing at Elwha will be July 29th. Departure, July 31st.

Canoe Journey Links:

• 2009 Canoe Routes
  
• CanoeJourneys2009 page
• 2008 Canoe Journey map (larger version available as PDF from Suquamish).
• Paddle Journeys (Ben & Sue Charles' Canoe Journey page)
• Photo gallery
• Canoe Journey photos from Elwha Watershed Information Resource
• Where next? 2010: Makah at Neah Bay ; 2009: Tsimshian ;

Canoe Journey Map

The map is available on the web as a really really big file at http://www.tribaljourneys2008.com/pdfs/TJFINAL_printable.pdf.