PORT ANGELES — Carvers hurrying to finish a canoe for the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe are feeling the pressure of a looming deadline.
With a blessing ceremony set for Saturday and a paddle journey to Quinault that begins in two weeks, carvers Al Charles Jr., Darrell Charles and Harry Moon are pushing to finish the month-long project.
“It’s getting close to burn-out stage,” Charles Jr. said Sunday. “You’re just tired and it’s really close to being done.”
The men began June 12 with a cedar log and a vision — carving a Coast Salish-style ocean-going canoe that packs both speed and stability and throws off two wakes.
More than a month later, the nearly finished hull sits under cover behind the Lower Elwha tribal center.
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