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Tete-de-Boule BirchbarkOne canoe in the Chicago Maritime Museum collection is a replica of a Tete-de-Boule birchbark 14-feet long built by the late Ralph Frese for the television mini-series “Centennial” starring Richard Chamberlin and Robert Conrad.
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