And here is a possible Civilopedia entry for the Canoe if anyone wants it.
#PRTO_Canoe
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^The [Canoe] is the first maritime unit you can build. These tiny, primitive boats must end each turn in a
$LINK<coastal=TERR_Coast> square -- they are in danger of sinking if they end their turn in a $LINK<sea=TERR_Sea> or $LINK<ocean=TERR_Ocean> square.
If $LINK<The Great Lighthouse=BLDG_Lighthouse> is built, canoes may safely end turns at sea, but never ocean squares.
#DESC_PRTO_Canoe
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^A canoe is a lightweight boat of shallow draught, pointed at both ends and easily propelled by paddles or sails.
The canoe was developed by many early cultures throughout the world. It varies in shape, size, and construction,
according to its place of origin. The oldest form of canoe was probably a tree trunk hollowed out by tools or fire.
Native North Americans created the birchbark canoe, a vessel with a frame of light wood that is covered with pieces
of bark sewn together and made watertight with melted pitch. Similar in design to the birchbark is the canvas canoe
created by the Penobscot people of Maine in the 19th century. Native Americans living in treeless regions made canoes
of tule or other bulrushes lashed together; people living on the shores of Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border,
still make them in this way.
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^The Inuit (Eskimo) created two kinds of canoe, both of which had whalebone or wooden frames and were covered with
animal skins, generally from whales or seals. The kayak is completely enclosed except for an opening for the occupant,
The umiak is open. The canoe of Greenland and the Hudson Strait is flat-bottomed and flat-sided.
The dugout is still used by the peoples of Africa, South America, and Polynesia. Another type of canoe used by
native peoples of the south-west Pacific islands is made of planks fastened together. This type is often equipped
with an outrigger, a device that ensures stability in heavy seas. Many of the ancient war canoes used by Pacific
islanders were elaborately carved. While some races, such as the polynesians, made long ocean voyages in large
outrigger-equipped sea-going canoes, in the main because of its long, narrow hull, the canoe is very unstable
in all but the calmest waters, and as a consequence rarely ventured out of sight of land for long periods of time,
lest the vessel be caught in a storm and sunk.