Hackensack Indian Dugout Canoe (Acrobat File). (Link dead as of 7/10/07)
A dugout canoe was unearthed in 1868 near the Hackensack River at Hudson Street on the property of Judge Ackerson. In 1904 it was presented to the Bergen County Historical Society an in 1914 it was identified as a very rare Indian relic probably from the 17th century and one of the few in existence. Its preservation was probably due to the mud and silt in which it was buried. The U.S. Department of Forestry identified the wood as white oak. The canoe was exhibited at the Johnson Public Library for many years and is now glass enclosed and displayed at the Steuben House in River Edge. from "
Heritage to Horizons"
