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After the hull was complete, it would be decorated with bold graphic designs, and each canoe would have an individual name. Haida canoes had such a reputation in pre-colonial times that they were a much-coveted trade good. Haida would paddle a few of their exquisite canoes over to the mainland and return in inferior mainland canoes loaded to the gunnels with valuable cargo given in exchange for the boats.
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