18+ Northwest Coast Indian Plank Houses Pictures. These homes were also called plank houses. Plank houses were made very large, some as large as 60 by 100 feet.
Old canoes were taken in. Each canoe is made from a single cedar log, carved and steamed into at the nass river, the canoes were traded to coastal tribes assembled to take advantage of the spring eulachon fishery. An analysis of form by bill holm.
The northwest coast has rich forests, rivers, and rocky coastlines.
They were made using wooden planks latched to a post and beam frame. Northwest coast indians by canada. There is a good example of a plank house at the ridgefield wildlife refuge in ridgefield, wa near portland, or. Plank houses are square or rectangle shaped dwellings made by the native americans living on the pacific northwest coast.