It began as a joke, as many good ideas do. Build your own coffin? Hey . . . that’s a great idea! Let’s build a coffin and decorate it with birch bark and twigs. What a great tribute to our friend and ...

Linda Ross (right) has made several birch bark baskets with help from her friend, Helen Dick. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) When it’s warm and wet, birch bark can be folded into baskets — a container for berries ...

The Bark Canoe Store’s online component is at www.barkcanoe.com. Stepping into the Bark Canoe Store can be a surreal experience. The small shop, just off busy Division Street, is an oasis of quiet.