Ojibway Birch-Bark Lodges

Remarks

C.W. Jefferys' notes about this picture from The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1

There were two types: Angular and domed. The framework of the former was made by settings poles in the ground at an angle to form a cone. The other was made by tying branches together to form a dome. They were called wigwams. 

Both were covered with sheets of birch bark and held down by outside poles.

Building frame of dome shaped lodge.

Published References

• Jefferys, Charles W. 1942 The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1, p.17

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