Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:12:41 +0200, "Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxxxx> 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. ""

I was thinking of something more along the lines of
http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/oselvar.htm but possibly
larger.



Eric Stevens

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