A revival of the art of traditional boat building is underway in Wrangell. That resurgence is taking place as one man seeks to keep history alive with an old-fashioned technique and rendering to work from.
Josh Lesage, a volunteer on the Chief Shake Island renovation project and native of Canada, is currently building a vessel at the SNO building that will be used by him and his partner, Bianca Martin, when they return to the Yukon later this year.
“I got into boatbuilding out in Whitehorse and I had an interest in making a cedar strip canoe,” Lesage said. “John Martin from the Wrangell Cooper...
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