A 3,000-year-old dugout canoe discovered accidentally in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota is believed to be the earliest direct evidence of water transportation used by native tribes in the Great Lakes region.
Thomsen said that when the radiocarbon dating results from came back, she wrote"1000 B.C." on a Post-it note and stared in disbelief.
The canoe is about 14.5 feet long and carved from a single piece of white oak. It is believed to be the oldest canoe discovered in the Great Lakes region by roughly 1,000 years. Wisconsin Historical Society staff and volunteers remove the canoe from its transport trailer and carry it into the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison.Wisconsin Historical Society staff and volunteers remove the canoe from its transport trailer and carry it into the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison.The 3,000-year-old canoe is believed to be the earliest direct evidence of water transportation used by native tribes from the Great Lakes region.
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