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
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.
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
Natural Grains: Watch Canoe Harvest Of Minnesota Wild Rice
Get in the canoe to nab an inside look at the harvesting of Minnesota Wild Rice. Read More...
November 20, 2015
Skin-On-Frame: Ontario Canoes Navigable Works Of Art
South Street labels itself as a creative design studio, though its boats are rugged and functional crafts for rivers and lakes. Read More...
October 28, 2015
Strongest Canoe Ever Made?
It was still seaworthy after being tossed from a 100 foot building, pummeled with a sledgehammer, and wrapped around a rock. Read More...
March 25, 2015
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