origin of the word canuck

First I must apologise because I gotta type this. still cant figure out how to cut copy and paste on this friggin mac. Anyways found a site called proud to be canadian.
This is an article written by Joel JOhannesen So bear with me eh cant type too good here goe

Idelved into the deepest darkest crevassesof history in order to come up with the best answer to the questionWHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD'' CANUCK''
There seems to be a lot of none answers. Many supposedlygood researchersseem to get to a certain point the give upand fake us out by a picture or an obscure reference.
Most people seem to think theorigin of the word Canuck is ''Johnny Canuck'',who first appeared in 1869 as a younger simpler cousin to the U.S.As Uncle Sam or Britains ''John Bull. And later became a popular WW11 comic bookas a ''hero'' and in a wartime recruitment poster.
OK fine but where did the name ''Canuck'' come from?
OK earlier there was a Canadian postal serviceflightinitiated by the Aero Clubof Canada(Before Canada Post and air mail) And the plane they used was a biplanecalled a'' Curtis JN-4 canuck'' . Later they even made a postal stamp featuring the plane. OK mr Postman why did they call the plane a ''Canuck''?
Ok still earlier there was a newspaper called''Jack CAnuck''which started in 1911and lasted untill 1918.,which satarized and criticized Canadian Social in
injustice. YAWN and still why ''Jack Canuck''?!
And finally the answer. And it puts me in mind of hula girls and fancy coctails on the beach.
(REMEMBER THESE ARE HIS WORDS NOT MINE)
Many moons ago , in Canada's formative years when fur trading was all the rage,the fur trading companies searched for any bodythey could hire who weild a beaver trap. In the far west of Canada at the time,there wernt a lot of crowds. There wwere several Hawaiin Islanders who came to the western shoresin search of, well , we dont know what-- but it sure as hell wasnt'' nicer weather'' . They worked out just fine. The Hawaiian word for ''Hawaiin person'' is ''. ,KANAKA'' Also, a ''KANAKAHANA'' is a worker. Still more''KANAKA'E'' is a foreigner. There is also a creek in Maple Ridge, a suburb of Vancouver, Not sure how that came about .Anyway, soon the word KANAKA was used to describe these workers. Or in another version of history, all the people already living here were deemed by them to be ''Kanaka's '', as in ''foreigners''.
As with all word it soon become shortened and obliterated and KANAKA eventually became'' Canuck'' , probably because some idiot who worked for the CBC said it wrong once (kidding).
So there you have it fellow Kanakas. Aloha.
Man I gotta leasrn how to paste. Anyways that is the story.

I always thought it was a variation of Canute. I know, I know; "Where did Canute come from?"