Northwest Coast Canoes
Stank'iya -
(Coyote) - A plywood replica of a Chinook canoe.
LOA = 33' - LWL = 28' 11" - Beam = 5' 8" - Hull Depth =
22" - Wt = 630 lbs
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Stank'iya is a 33 ft plywood replica of a Chinook canoe made for the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. His name means Coyote. Bobby
Mercier, a member of the Grand Ronde Canoe Family, brought volunteer
crews from Grand Ronde several times to help make this canoe, they
also helped build an extension onto my shop to accommodate their
giant canoe. This is a serious ocean-going canoe. Both Ul Iymist and
Skakwal have proven themselves to be safe and effecient in some very
bad conditions, but Stank'iya is fully capable of journeying offshore
in the North Pacific. Stank'iya has traveled many times on the annual
Paddle Journeys as well as cruising extensively around the Pacific
Northwest. He has been paddled on the Willamette and Columbia rivers,
Puget Sound and out on the North Pacific Ocean as well as racing at
the Coquille Indian Tribe's Salmon Days.
Journey to Lummi
Journey to Swinomish
Journey to Muckleshoot
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