1,000-Year-Old Native American Canoe Recovered From A North Carolina Lake

AncientPages.com | April 20, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An almost 1,000-year-old Native American canoe has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw in southeastern North Carolina, United States. The canoe was accidentally discovered by a group of teenage boys in 2021 while they were swimming in the lake. They first thought it was an ordinary log.

Authorities were notified, state officials later examined the boat, and the location of the Waccamaw Indian dug-out canoe was marked so the boat could later be safely removed.



1,000-Year-Old Native American Canoe Recovered From A North Carolina Lake
AncientPages.com | April 20, 2023 | Archaeology
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An almost 1,000-year-old Native American canoe has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw in southeastern North Carolina, United States. The canoe was accidentally discovered by a group of teenage boys in 2021 while they were swimming in the lake. They first thought it was an ordinary log.
Authorities were notified, state officials later examined the boat, and the location of the Waccamaw Indian dug-out canoe was marked so the boat could later be safely removed.

1,000-Year-Old Native American Canoe Recovered From A North Carolina Lake

1,000-year-old canoe pulled from North Carolina lake. Credit: North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission

It's rare to find pieces of history like this one, Waccamaw Siouan Chief Michael Jacobs said, commenting the discovery of the canoe.

"That canoe at 28 feet long would have carried many a brave. We feel like in our heart, it's a history that we're still exploring and understanding because this is the first time we've had access," Jacobs told the ABC 15 News.

Eli Hill, one of the teenagers who found the boat was equally enthusiastic about the whole event.

"We were throwing mussels at each other and I stepped on it and I thought it was a log," Hill said "I tried to pick it open and never came up. So, we kept digging at it and it just kept going. And then the next day, we came back and we started digging some more and it just kept going."

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