Ordering Information

(Please see the complete price list below)

Orders may be placed by phone, email, regular mail, or online with secure processing through PayPal

By Phone or Email

tel. 603 878 3616; henri5@birchbarkcanoe.net

Phone or email orders will be sent C.O.D. unless otherwise specified by the buyer. Phone or email orders may also be invoiced thru PayPal if the customer wishes to pay with a credit or debit card ... if the customer already has a PayPal account, payment may also be made with a direct funds transfer from a personal bank account . In either case, the customer should first phone in or email the order...a PayPal invoice will then be emailed to the customer, who then fills in the mailing address, credit card, debit card, or bank account information, and then submits the form to PayPal for processing; PayPal will then send the customer a receipt for the payment. Foreign currencies are automatically converted in US dollars , and there are no exchange fees or other charges to the customer for this service, making PayPal an economic and safe processing system

By Regular Mail

If ordering by mail, please print and fill out the order form, or a facsimile, and mail to Henri Vaillancourt, Box 142, Greenville NH, 03048 along with a check or money order payable in US funds

Online Ordering

Orders may be placed and paid for directly on this website by using this PayPal link and filling out the required information. A buyer has the option of using a credit or debit card; if the buyer already has a PayPal account he may also make payment with a funds transfer from a personal bank account. Buyers without PayPal accounts may also register for a free PayPal account when they have completed their first order by clicking ''Save My Info'' at the bottom of the page (they may also register for a PayPal account when Paypal sends them a ''Thank You'' notice after their order). PayPal is a secure online processing system that is accepted in many countries throughout the world

(note: the PayPal ordering page is still being set-up ... in the meantime customers should phone or email their orders if they wish to pay with a credit or debit card, or with a direct funds transfer from a bank account ... a PayPal invoice will then be emailed as explained above in ''By Phone or Email'')

 

PRICE LIST

 

FULL SIZE CANOES Lengths Price in US Dollars
Malecite St. Lawrence River style canoe 8'  to 20' $650 per foot
Malecite  tumblehome-sided  style canoe     12' to 20' $700 per foot
Abnaki Lake Memphramagog style canoe               14' to 20' $700 per foot
Old-form high ended Algonquin birchbark canoe  8'  to 20' $700 per foot
22' to 25' $950 per foot
Fur -trade style  canoes 12' to 20' $700 per foot
22 to 40'  $950 per foot

 

SCALE MODEL CANOES  Lengths Price in US Dollars
1/4 Scale Malecite St. Lawrence River and tumblehome sided style  models 4' and 4 1/2 'models of 16' and 18 ' canoes $550  per foot
Old form high ended Algonquin and Fur Trade style models 4' to 5' models of 16' to 20' canoes $600 per foot
1/2 Scale Malecite St. Lawrence River and tumblehome sided models 5' to 9' models of 10' to 18' canoes $700 per foot
Abnaki Lake Memphramagog style models 7' to 9' models of 14' to 18' canoes $700 per foot
Old form high ended Algonquin models 5' to 9' models of 10' to 18' canoes $700 per foot
Fur Trade style models 10' to 15' models of  20' to 30' Fur Trade canoes  $950 per foot
(please inquire concerning prices for 1/2 scale models of 36' and 40' Fur Trade canoes)

 

note:  full size canoes may be shipped if desired ...average cost in the USA is $300 to $500, dependent on location
  10' and 15'  1/2 scale models ship for approximately the same price as full size canoes
  4' to 8' models  ship for approx. $30 to $90
  a 33% deposit is required when placing an order for full size canoes or models

 

PADDLES Detail Price in US dollars
Malecite canoe paddles decorated one side $400 +  $25 shipping & handling
decorated two sides $500 +  $25 shipping & handling

 

VIDEOS & DVDS Format Price in US dollars
''Building an Algonquin Birchbark Canoe'' VHS $99 postpaid
PAL $99 postpaid
DVD $99 postpaid
''Beavertail Snowshoes'' VHS $99 postpaid
PAL $99 postpaid
DVD $99 postpaid
''Indian Hide Tanning'' VHS $99 postpaid
PAL $99 postpaid
DVD $99 postpaid
Set of All Three Programs VHS $210 postpaid
PAL $210 postpaid
DVD $210 postpaid

 

BOOKS Price in US Dollars Postage and handling
'' Making the Attikamek Snowshoe '' $44 + $5 postage & handling, in  USA
Canada $6 (air $7)
Europe & Japan  $7  ( air $11)

 

CROOKED KNIFES Price in US Dollars Postage and handling
Right or Left - Handed Crooked Knives $195  + $10 postage & handling, in USA
Canada $12 (air $14 )
Europe & Japan $13 ( air $ 26 )

 

 

 An 18 foot Fur-Trade type birchbark canoe  A 1/2 scale model of a 24' Fur-Trade type birch bark canoe . This style with an upright stem profile was formerly built by the Algonquin of western Quebec. Mistassini Cree family in front of their winter hunting camp with ''beavertail '' and ''pointed -toe'' snowshoes. photo- Henri Vaillancourt 1979 Jocko Carle and Basil Smith pitching a newly made birchbark canoe prior to launching ; from ''Building an Algonquin Birchbark Canoe'', photo Henri Vaillancourt 1980 A very fine example of Attikamek Indian snowshoe, circa early 1900's . The end sections are woven with complex geometric patterns and the midsection features the fancy ''double selvage cords'' ; from ''Making the Attikamek Snowshoe'' ; photo -courtesy of Lower Fort. Garry National Historic Park
Full size birchbark canoes Scale model birchbark canoes

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Native technology videos and DVDs Native technology books
close-up of a section of canoe paddle blade decorated with traditional Malecite Indian style incised line decoration  Moise Flamand shaving a snowshoe stave of yellow birch wood with the traditional crooked knife , Manouane P.Q. ; from  ''Making the Attikamek Snowshoe'' ; photo Henri Vaillancourt 1979 18 foot Fur-Trade style birch bark canoe  with typical painted  decoration and fancy root sewng on bows . This type  of bark canoe was built from the 1600's to the early 1900's  by both Indian and French craftsmen for Canadian government and military purposes ,as well as  for the fur-trade Jocko Carle and Basil Smith peeling birch bark for a new canoe ; from "'Building an Algonquin Birchbark Canoe '' ; photo- Henri Vaillancourt 1980 Henri Vaillancourt
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18 foot Fur-Trade style birch bark canoe with typical painted  decoration and fancy root sewng on bows . This type  of bark canoe was built from the 1600's to the early 1900's  by both Indian and French craftsmen for Canadian government and military purposes ,as well as  for the fur-trade
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For more information not included on this website

email henri5@birchbarkcanoe.net 
phone 603-878-3616

or write Henri Vaillancourt
PO Box 142
Greenville, New Hampshire, 03048