Up the Cric - A Redbird Canoe by Jack Diffily, Azle, TX, USA
October 26, 2014
By J.A. Diffily
My canoe project got started in 2007 when I was working at the US Embassy in Togo in West Africa. One of my friends, a Peace Cor...
The 12 Month Canoe Season by Jean Gregoire, Notre-Dame des Pins, Quebec, Canada
August 4, 2014
By Jean Gregoire
My canoe season starts at the end of spring when I clean and wax my skis to store them for the summer. Then it is time to clea...
My Love of Boats Began Early by Steve Ballew, Lavina, MI, USA
June 23, 2014
By Steve Ballew
My love of boats began early. I remember earning every waterfront merit badge that boy scout camp had to offer. And at age 11, ...
Worth the Wait! by Jim Slavin, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 15, 2014
By Jim Slaven
I started canoeing as a young boy and have been hooked on it ever since.
I bought the ,"Canoecraft" book when I was 23 years old....
Dining Room Cedarstrip by Stuart Reid, Kanata, ON, Canada
June 13, 2014
By Stuart Reid
What Canadian outdoors enthusiast frequenting the back woods of Algonquin Provincial Park doesn’t want to be sporting their very ...
An African Canoe Story by Graham Haird, Crown Mines, South Africa
June 12, 2014
By Graham Haird
My story starts on the Zambezi River, a wild and untamed place, teeming with hippopotami and crocodiles and forming the border b...
From Dream to Reality by Peter Morrison, Nepean, ON Canada
June 12, 2014
By Peter Morrison
My dream of building a Bear Mountain boat started in the mid 1980s when I was in University and I bought a copy of Canoecraft. ...
Crafting a Canoe From Firewood by Ken Briggs, Whitehorse, YK, Canada
June 11, 2014
“Hold your finger right there, don’t move it.” We’d been rubbing our fingers over the smooth, silky hull and had felt a slight imperfection. Out c...
Freedom 55 by Francois Vaillancourt, QC, Canada
June 9, 2014
By Francois Vaillancourt
As a hobby cabinetmaker I have had the pleasure of building various projects from building my bedroom furniture just ...
To Build The "Waist Nought" Cedar-Strip Canoe by Bruce Kitchen, Lakefield, ON Canada
June 9, 2014
By Bruce Kitchen
In about 2004 I was puttering around in a bookstore at an outlet mall when I saw a copy of Canoecraft for $10.00. It seemed lik...
A Canadian in Michigan by Jim Jones, Leonard, MI, USA
June 9, 2014
Submitted by Jim Jones
As a kid in the '50's, there were lots of boats in my life. My family had a cottage on Jack Lake north of Peterborough. ...
Family Canoe Building Extravganza by Matthew Rae, Kingston, ON, Canada
June 6, 2014
By Matthew Rae
The hard part was figuring out the technology. My three brothers and I each dialed and connected to a scratchy phone line as we r...
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