Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview of Wooden Boatbuilding on the North Coast

Conversations: Talking About Boats and Boatbuilding

Freddie Letts

Iver Johanson (Sr.)

Norman Iverson

Norman and Margret Ostrom

Paul Edwards

Fran Beaubien

Traditional Boatbuilding: Canoes

Wooden Boat Construction

Legacy Gallery

Wooden Boatbuilding at the Salmon Canneries

Boatbuilding at the Canneries Gallery

Boatbuilding Communities

Introduction

Dodge Cove, Digby Island

Gitxaala (Kitkatla)

Hartley Bay

Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson)

Lawson Harbour, Lewis Island

Metlakatla

Oona River

Osland

Port Essington

Wooden Boatbuilding in Prince Rupert:

Introduction

Cow Bay

Cow Bay Shipyard Gallery

McLean’s Shipyard

McLean's Shipyard Gallery

Okabe Shipyards

Prince Rupert Drydock

Wahl’s Shipyards, Prince Rupert

Wahl's Shipyard Gallery

The Legacy of North Coast Boatbuilding

Boat Builders of the North Coast

Sources

Acknowledgements