Zack:
While touring the Canadian Canoe Museum yesterday with some old school classmates, we happened upon a canvas covered green canoe with high, sharply pointed stem tips somewhat similar to what is shown in your photograph. I asked Jeremy Ward, Curator, for some background info. Here is what he said:
"That green canoe is an Innu canvas canoe, made in the bark canoe manner. It was made by Mathieu Mestanapeo, Romaine River area, Quebec. Certainly a favorite boat of mine also. Are you familiar with the Museum of Man's Mercury Series publication "Canoe Construction in a Cree Cultural Tradition" by the late Garth Taylor? While set in Cree Quebec and not Innu Country, it's a great book on this method of construction. Our canoe was likely made in the late 1970's"
So, seemingly not as old as the one depicted in your photo, but those high stem tips do put one in mind of native bark canoes from Quebec. Just thought I'd pass this along. Didn't have a camera at hand yesterday, but Jeremy has kindly forwarded a pic which I have now posted below (reason for editing).
Cheers,
Roger