Digging the canoe
Here Andrea is preparing the hole to be patched, Curtis helps.

Mikes dad Cedric Billy uses the electric planer to cut the hole straight so that it will be easier to patch.

The patch is measured out and placed into the canoe.

Then planed to match the rest of the canoe.

So that we don't dig too deep into the canoe we place dowels into the bottom (all the same size). Then dig on the inside up to the dowels.

Using the adze and the electric planers we make it even from dowel to dowel. To do the sides it is easier to have the canoe on its side, do the same is to to the other side then the floor is done.

The canoe is next turned right side up.

Steaming the canoe will be next.