The crew walked the canoe into the water and worked on partially submerging it to wet down all of the components, inside and out. “There will always be a small amount of water that will seep in through these natural materials.” “There is a tremendous amount of flex in the hull, and we want to make sure the canoe is as water tight as possible,” Simula said. Before hitting the water, Simula fired up his camping stove and heated a can of pine pitch while crew members carefully inspected the hull for any cracks or holes that may have developed in transport. The watercraft was transported safely to the shore of Shagawa Lake. EFS board member Paul Schurke wondered if a 20-foot birch bark canoe was ever transported on the top of a “soccer mom van” before. They lifted it onto Simula’s mini-van for the trip to the water.
Simula instructed them on how to lift and carry the canoe so as not to damage it. English to Sinhala Translation tool includes online translation service, English text-to-speech service, English spell checking tool, on-screen keyboard for major. Nearly a dozen volunteers gathered Sunday to carefully transport the canoe to Semer’s Park. English to Sinhala translation service by ImTranslator will assist you in getting an instant translation of words, phrases and texts from English to Sinhala and other languages.
The watercraft is on display in the EFS building.
