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Lab number
DAL-241
Material dated
wood; bois
Locality
near Freeport, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Map sheet
21 B/08
Submitter
Nova Scotia Museum
Date submitted
May 17, 0099
Measured Age
0
Normalized Age
0
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Historic, Acadian; Historique, Acadien
Context
outer rings of an axe-hewn log canoe exposed in a dike wall breached by a severe coastal storm
Additional information
102 +/- 1.2% modern.
Comments
BbDn-no #, Freeport canoe: A canoe was cut from a log about 61 cm in diameter and about 4 m long. According to J.G. Ogden, evidence of metal axe shaping and the contemporary date suggest an Acadian origin for this specimen.

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