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   ocr: 10 Haida Canpe - - 4 - THIS CANOE IS an outstanding example of the exceptional canoe- building skills of the indigenous peoples of America's Pacific Northwest. It was made from a single red cedar log in about 1878 by the Haida, native to the Queen Charlotte Islands off British Columbia, Canada. The largest of its kind in the world, it measures 21 meters (63 feet) long and 2.75 meters (8.25 feet) wide. The builders hollowed the interior 16 - 03339333XXXAMMUNNALUUBAABADANAAUL44444 - 00a220099U00OVUAUT WLTOW.0