Water:Canoe

Latest news and reviews for recreational and sport canoe paddlers. Lakes, ocean, and the occasional white-water river, this category is your source for all things canoe.

Strange Currents: Canoeing From Communism in the Czech Republic

The history and culture of the Czech Republic is inexorably linked with a beloved watercraft, the canoe. Read More...

February 28, 2018

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Meet The Skin-On-Frame Canoe Cleaning Midwestern Rivers

With a thin, translucent skin and weighing barely more than a loaded backpack, the Wilderness Traveler exemplifies what it meant to 'be out on the water.' Read More...

August 14, 2017

River Yields ‘100 Pounds Of Trash Per Day’

A DIY conservation effort, this summer two men embody the 'packing it out' ethos by bagging and hauling debris each day. Read More...

July 20, 2017

‘The Canoe’ Film Will Make You Long To Paddle

'To paddle is to plug into the energies of the place, the land, the air, the water, the ancestors, the children who are yet to be born.' Read More...

May 9, 2017

Sit Back, Relax, And Watch 20 Minutes Of Canoe Building

This dugout canoe starts as the trunk of a tree. From there, builders scrape, chop, and shape a beautiful and functional canoe by hand. Read More...

April 10, 2017

‘Canoecopia’ Expo: New Paddling Gear For 2017

We combed the largest paddle-sports expo in the country to find some of the most exciting new canoe, kayak, and SUP products for 2017. Read More...

March 22, 2017

Excerpt: How Aluminum Revolutionized The Canoe

Before kevlar and royalex, there was a surge in the manufacture and performance of American-made canoes. All thanks to a 'new' watercraft material. Read More...

December 26, 2016

Source To Sea: Women Canoe 3,902 Miles

Two women broke a long-distance canoeing across the United States record to inspire others. Read More...

December 23, 2016

After ‘Year In The Wilderness’ Freemans Come Home

Amy and David Freeman paddled out of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and into history last Friday afternoon, one year to the day since leaving civilization. Read More...

September 26, 2016

Paddle Like A Champ: Beyond The Gear With Ann Raiho

Meet the record-setting, 26-year-old canoeing phenom you've never heard of. Ann Raiho: first woman to canoe from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Read More...

September 1, 2016

Classic Canoes: Merrimack Co. Acquired, Moving To MN

Merrimack, a made-in-USA canoe company, is getting a new owner (Sanborn Canoe Co.) and a new home base in Winona, Minn., along the Mississippi River. Read More...

June 9, 2016

Pump, Pump, Pump Your Canoe?

Apparently, you can pump a canoe the same way you'd pump a bike or skateboard. But you won't be moving "gently down the stream." Read More...

May 17, 2016

‘Last Voyageurs’ Chronicles Chilling Trek Down Old Blue

In 1976, a group of school teachers and students set out to retrace the route of explorer Robert de La Salle down the Mississippi River. The story of this epic winter voyage is told in a new book, 'The Last Voyageurs,' available this spring. Read More...

April 11, 2016