Volunteers work to remove 200 year old canoe from Chattooga

  • Submitted photo. A canoe found in the Chattooga River last year has been identified by the South Carolina Institute of Archeology and Anthropology as a 200-year-old artifact possibly made by Cherokee Indians or early European traders. Local nonprofit Chattooga Conservancy is working with the Forest Service to remove the canoe from the river and preserve it. A group of volunteers works to transfer the canoe into a protective cradle earlier this month.
    Submitted photo. A canoe found in the Chattooga River last year has been identified by the South Carolina Institute of Archeology and Anthropology as a 200-year-old artifact possibly made by Cherokee Indians or early European traders. Local nonprofit Chattooga Conservancy is working with the Forest Service to remove the canoe from the river and preserve it. A group of volunteers works to transfer the canoe into a protective cradle earlier this month.
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    In the United States 200 years ago, James Monroe was the fifth president, Maine became the 23rd state, Missouri became the 24th state and aluminum was discovered. 

    A canoe found in the Chattooga R…