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FOND DU LAC RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
GREEN BUILDING FUNDRAISER: CANOE RAFFLE
In an effort to promote and
demonstrate conservation, Resource Management is pursuing a new
building that is LEED certified. This fundraising effort will
supplement the cost of the building. To further this effort,
Resource Management is holding a raffle for a Birchbark Canoe,
constructed by Fond du Lac Museum Canoe Workshop participants and
project leader Jeff Savage. Part of the proceeds of the raffle will
go to the museum for future canoe building workshops.
LEED Certification:
“Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of
sustainable green building and development practices through the
creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted
tools and performance criteria.”
| Win a
Handcrafted Birchbark Canoe!
Raffle Tickets: $20
Each
Call (218) 878-8001
Drawing: Oct. 16, 2009 10:00am
at the Fond du Lac Museum
Cash, Check,
or Money Order only
checks and money orders must be received by Oct. 2, 2009, in
time to be processed. Late checks or money orders will be
returned. Make checks payable to: Fond du Lac Development.
Fond du Lac
Resource Management Division
1720 Big Lake Road
Cloquet, MN 55720 |
click image above to download flyer |
Read the story of the lead builders,
and the canoe they built at the National Museum of the American
Indian:
http://www.nmaie-newservice.com/v1i2/ See an excerpt
below.
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“The birchbark
canoe, called in Chippewa the wiigwaas jiimaan,”… “is made for
hunting. The wiigwaas jiimaan's smooth outer skin is made from
the honey-colored inner bark of the white birch. It glides
silently through the water. Its buoyancy comes from the white
cedar that makes its ribs and lines its interior. Spruce root
stitches the bark together.
A sweet-scented
mixture of pitch, animal fat and charcoal makes the canoe
watertight, and marks its sides with black blazes. Birch bark
scallops on the side of the wiigwaas jiimaan side make the
canoe stronger, and more artful, said Savage.” |
click the images below
for larger versions
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