Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:39:30 -0500, "t(nospam)kavanagh"
<"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> wrote:

>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!

With John N. Harris keeping him company for entirely different
reasons.



Eric Stevens

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