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B.C., Hist.
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1958
Rafts were common Fraser River transportation even in the early days of this century and of these some of the Indian canoe-rafts were by far the most interesting and handsome. One I had described to me by an old timer consisted of three 35-foot cedar logs four feet at the butt and hollowed out like troughs. These were squared up and fastened side by side with a huge dowel pin through each end of the boat. The ends sloped up from the water and the raft was boxed in above with heavy, wide hand-hewn planks. . . . Thirty men could get away at one time and pole themselves across a river, no matter how wide it was.