Dugout canoe propelled by 45 paddlers to Glenmore Reservoir

A 12-metrefibreglass replica of a West Coast dugout canoe set off on the Glenmore Reservoir today while passing through Calgary.

• Watch the attached video for more on this canoe

The canoe is on its way to the CanadianCanoe Museum in Peterborough,Ont.,and will be one of three vessels available to bepaddled by the public once it's delivered.

Built in Abbotsford, B.C., the canoe stopped in Calgary before being delivered to the museum on Friday.

Forty-five peopleshowed up to paddle it around the reservoir.

Dugout canoes arechopped and carved out of tree-trunks. They have been built by many of Canada's First Nations people over centuries.

Theyreached their apex on the West Coast, where giant red cedars allowed the construction of canoes large enough to take to the oceans out of sight of land.