The contents of dick's canoe said something about who he was, a plantor a pack rat. All of this, plus a few coolers, water jugs and camping equipment, had been packed into a 14 foot canoe. There was also a paddle tied to rope, attached to a buy and locked to the side of the canoe. And beardsley also found road atlases covered in writing,. 14 sticks, a deck of playing cards, an interview with paul crugman clipped from the princeton alumni magazine., a radio, pens, thumb drives and a lone copy of the new yorker.