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Beaver Brook Association
Home to a New Wigwam
Wigwam photograph by Dave Angel Beaver Brook Association is home to a new, authentic bark wigwam. This new bark house replaces an eight year old white birch bark wigwam on BBA's Wigwam Trail. The new house is located on a freshly cut extension of the Wigwam Trail. Every year thousands of area students visit BBA for to learn about Woodland People of the Northeast. The wigwam is a major destination on the trail for these classes. Many thousands more visit BBA on their own to hike the trails and visit the wigwam year round. The new wigwam was built by Jeff Kalin and his family from Bethlehem, CT. Jeff and Judy Kalin operate a business named Primitive Technologies which specializes in the creation of replica stone age tools, cooking implements, containers, dugout canoes and bark houses. They have constructed over 150 bark houses in this country, many of them for museums and exhibits. The bark covering is primarily from white ash trees. The frame of the house, that is fixed into the ground, is cedar which is rot resistant, while maple saplings form the frame above ground. Jeff made cordage from hickory, elm, and hemlock bark which rigidly holds the house together. The bark house is sited next to a stream making the location even more authentic than before. Construction of this house was made possible by grants from the Robin Colson Foundation, The Ella Anderson Trust, and the Hollis Women's Club. |
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