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LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH Crawford Lake Conservation Area 111 Wednesday Augusts ill it platform lint ran reclining on a bull silo hide The Huron Indians S Li s lre under the skins they slept on to J ire seen here make lor a more bed The mode of transportation used by the Huron along the rivers was of course the canoe Susan Taylor is a student working a resource interpreter at the Crawford lake Conservation Area She is seen here with a canoe which Has made and donated by an Interested individual The canoe Is virtually authentic right down to the bark threading which helps hold it together It l nil work for the Huron itch with two sacks connected by a villagers The men of the village length of lace Here Amanda and played lacrosse the women Joseph their hand at lacrosse used a forked stick to play and with sticks similar to those used by Indians hundreds of J ears ago Photos by Mike Turner Fire pits were used In the most of their lime working Inside the long homes for warmth and cocking longhouies many were virtually which mode for a smoky interior Mind by the lime they reached the despite vents in the roof of the strue- Since the Huron women spent