Canoe test terms

Question 1

Tumblehome

Answer 1

Inward courager on the sides of the vessel up to the gunwhale

Question 2

Starboard

Answer 2

Right side of the vessel

Question 3

Port

Answer 3

Left side of vessel

Question 4

Thwart

Answer 4

Cross peices that go from one gunwhale another, provide strength for the vessel

Question 5

Freeboard

Answer 5

Distance betweena gunwhale and waterline

Question 6

Waterline

Answer 6

Point water comes to on a vessel

Question 7

Pemmican

Answer 7

paste of dried and pounded meat mixed with melted fat and other ingredients, originally made by North American Indians and later adapted by Arctic explorers.

Question 8

Northwest company

Answer 8

Competing fur company from montreal in the mid 1800s

Question 9

Hudsons bay company

Answer 9

First and oldest trading company in canada

Question 10

Voyaguer

Answer 10

a boatman employed by the fur companies in transporting goods and passengers to and from trading posts.

Question 11

Rocker

Answer 11

The amount if curator along the keel line from bow to stern

• helps boat turn quickly
• no rocker helps vessel go straight