Master canoe builder to appear at museum

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SEARSPORT – A master birch-bark canoe builder, David Moses Bridges, will be building an 18-foot canoe from Wednesday, Aug. 17, to Friday, Aug. 26, at the Penobscot Marine Museum located on Route 1 and Church Street. Bridges, a Passamaquoddy Indian, has built numerous birch-bark canoes…
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SEARSPORT – A master birch-bark canoe builder, David Moses Bridges, will be building an 18-foot canoe from Wednesday, Aug. 17, to Friday, Aug. 26, at the Penobscot Marine Museum located on Route 1 and Church Street.

Bridges, a Passamaquoddy Indian, has built numerous birch-bark canoes and has studied the construction methods of American Indian canoes.

For more information, call Loretta Lamb at 548-2529, ext. 200, or visit www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org.


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