History of aboriginal fishing at Eptek Centre

Pictured above is an authentic aboriginal canoe made in the 20th century on PEI by Mi’kmaq people using traditional methods and materials, including birch bark, spruce root lacing, cedar, and tree pitch on the seams. The style is a combination of eastern North American styles similar to those used on rivers. The canoe is on load to Eptek Art & Culture Centre in Summerside from the Lennox Island First Nation. It is a part of a local component prepared by the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI for the summer exhibition at the Eptek Centre, Cross Currents: 500 Generations of Aboriginal Fishing in Atlantic Canada.