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Vintage Canadian Snowshoes / Raquettes a neige Vintage / Vintage Schneeschuhe

SOLD - Antique "HURON" Snowshoes

These vintage Canadian "Huron" style snowshoes are in good condition. The rawhide webbing is intact & one of the  leather heel straps is shorter due to breakage. All in all, still a fine looking pair to decorate your chalet.

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The Huron traditional wood snowshoe is great for hunting, trapping, and long hikes in open forests and fields. Very quiet and easy to maneuver, its design provides great flotation in soft snow and its streamlined tail helps maintain a straight trajectory. The Huron snowshoe is the best-known snowshoe whose origins can be traced back to the Huron people of Canada. It is  It was the model preferred by the first French settlers that came to New France in 1604, and by French-Canadian woodsman and trappers during their winter travels. 

40CA-027

Data sheet

Year
1960's
Origin
Canada
Comments
Good condition
Size
L 105 cm X W 31 cm
Material
Wood, Leather, Babiche
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