Sunday, June 9, 2013

Trapper's Encampment at Champoeg State Park


After getting lunch yesterday at the Burning Boar BBQ, which will be featured on Mid-Willamette Explorer next moth, I headed to Champoeg State Park to check out the Fur Trapper's Encampment event. Those that hosted the event were clad in pioneer-era clothing and featured anything from old-style canvas tents to flintlocks. Out of all the items that were shown off, my favorite was the hand-mad birch bark canoe which used white cedar boards to line the inside. Below are some of the photos from the event.




 This guy is making sparks with flint
 


This guy is making round bullets the old way.

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