Record #:

2743

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

Between 1874 and 1875, Nathaniel Bishop sailed 2,500 miles in nine months, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico. Locally, in his fifty-six pound paper canoe, he paddled by the Outer Banks and Onslow Bay, then down the Waccamaw River.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Jan/Feb 1996, p13-15, il

Subject(s):

Canoes and canoeing; Bishop, Nathaniel, b. 1838-; Voyages and travels--History--19th Century