that they are water-tight, and ride upon the water ... Canoe builders have a trained eye for picking out a "canoe birch-bark tree," which ideally should be some 50-60 inches in diameter Due ...

While root beer is ubiquitous across the country, birch beer is the favored ... This was not an uncommon practice. Tonic water, made from the bark of the cinchona tree, contained quinine, which ...