Canoes

We initially contacted Dr. Eugene Arima, who has done extensive research in canoe building. His expertise in canoe building and draftsmanship was a valuable resource for us in each canoe project. Mervyn Child and I travelled to number of museums studying the hull of the many different style of canoes of the Northwest Coast people.

Other canoes we've carved:

Fort Rupert, BC. Kwakiutl Band - 40’ Northern Style Canoe. “U’gwamalis Gixdan” 1997
Comox, BC – 32’ Kwakiutl Canoe “I-Hos”. 1994.
Fort Rupert, BC. Copper Maker Gallery - 32’ Kwakiutl Canoe “Maxwalogwa”. 1993

For information about commissioning a red cedar canoe, a fibreglassed chapats, please feel free to contact us.

Maxwalogwa

Nuu-chah-nulth style 22' chapats - Hunt22

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37’ Tlingit Longtail Canoe

Mervyn Child in foreground,
Calvin Hunt in the middle,
and Dr. Eugene Arima

37’ Tlingit Longtail Canoe

canoe before the steaming process

 37’ Tlingit Longtail Canoe

2010 Olympic Torch Relay
Port Hardy, BC

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37' Tlingit Longtail Canoe used at the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, Port Hardy, BC

Carved by Calvin Hunt, Mervyn Child and Dr. Eugene Arima

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Calvin A. Hunt