Rachel Mill works on her paddle blank on the band saw at Wrangell High School’s wood shop on Saturday, Dec. 8. Mill, along with 14 other participants and master carvers Brian and Doug Chilton, cut and finished 30 traditional canoe paddles for use in the rededication of Chief Shakes Island.
A group of 15 participants gathered last weekend at Wrangell High School’s wood shop to cut and form traditional wooden paddles for use in the rededication of Chief Shakes Island in May of next year.
The workshop, which will produce 30 paddles to be used by Wrangell’s delegation to the event, was the brainchild of Shane Gillen and SEARHC natural foods specialist Ken Hoyt.
“We had a pretty good turnout,” Hoyt said. “We had both Brian and Doug Chilton who are master carvers from Juneau and Angoon come to Wrangell help us jump start the process and get the carving off the ground with our paddles,...
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