Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

Alaca wrote:
>
> Eric Stevens wrote: 5j8pa1hamqmhc312uh17v0sq1psulkiei0@xxxxxxx,
>
> > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:39:42 +0100, Doug Weller
> > <dweller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> >>>> Apart from which. At least two remains of non-native Pre-Columbian
> >>>> boats/ships/vessels have been found south of Hudson Bay.
> >>>>
> >>> I accept that but, so little is known of them that it is not
> >>> possible to say where they were built or where the wood they were
> >>> built from was grown.
> >>
> >> Can you give some details about these then?
> >
> > I've read of the two separate finds. I don't know where I read it and
> > it was some years ago. If I remember correctly the finds were made in
> > the 19th century and the article I saw had no illustrations and gave
> > very few details. Both boats were found half buried in swamps, were
> > identified as being very old and of a construction quite different
> > from contemporary practice. I don't know they were specifically
> > identified as being norse but they were described as being of a type
> > characteristic of the norse. Unfortunately for dating purposes, some
> > of these boat types have been built largely unchanged for a thousand
> > years.
>
> Try this:
> http://www.spirasolaris.ca/sbb4g1bv3.html
>
> "" For example, the 60-foot canoe from
> Nitinat Lake on Vancouver Island shown
> below--likely a Nookta canoe, or one
> similar in size to those used by Nookta
> whalers--is in fact larger than Skuldelev 5,
> a Norse longship with 26 oarsmen and
> total crew of 30. ""

Oh, come on now. It's hard enough to get Vikings to Minnesota but to
Vancouver Island! Now you're in Yuri country!

tk
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