\nThis classic is now reissued as an authorized Second Edition. This version includes even more historic photos, with many full-color images, diagrams, and reflections from the author in a Forty Years Later section.\n \n\n \nSince it was first published by Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats in 1991 to preserve the masterful forms of First Nations' watercraft, a major renaissance of Northwest Coast Native Canoeing has blossomed. Yet this book's value remains as it offers a rich historic perspective, archival photographs and carefully recorded drawings of ancient style representative canoes. This book has become a Must-Have to better understand the extraordinary quality of the ancestors' achievements.\n \n\n \nOver three decades, the limited-edition monograph, Coast Salish Canoes became a collector's item. The best overview of the lore, technology and cultural heritage of local Native American watercraft.... [O]f great interest to maritime historians, museums, educators and anyone interested in Northwest Coast Native American art and culture. -- Association of King Country Community Museums.\n