Assertion: canoe | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: until the mid-1800s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Canoes were important because they made it much easier to transport heavy objects across the water rather than to drag them by road
text: Until the mid-1800s the canoe was an important means of transport for exploration and trade, and in some places is still used as such, perhaps with the addition of an outboard motor.