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A bill in congress that would protect more than 850 miles of U.S. rivers under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act must wait until 2009 before it receives a final vote, the advocacy group American Rivers announceed recently. The group said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed that a lack of time and pressure […]

Here’s some news the canoe gods will certainly frown down upon … Australian Olympian Robin Bell’s competition canoe, the one he paddled when he earned a bronze medal in C-1 whitewater competition at last summer’s Beijing Olympics, has been stolen. Bell returned to the Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Sydney recently and found his canoe missing. […]

If you’ve read Holling C. Holling’s classic children’s book Paddle to the Sea or watched Bill Mason’s film adaptation of the story, you’ll likely remember these words: “Please put me back in the water.”  They were etched in the bottom of the wooden canoe that a Lake Nipigon youngster carved in hopes of the boat reaching salt water.  As the little canoe and […]

In case you missed it on the CBS Evening News last night, we’ve posted video of their story about Big Fork, Minnesota birch-bark canoe builder Ray Bozel. Bozel’s passion for canoe-building began years ago as an apprentice to his Grandfather-in-law.  Bozel’s mentor, Bill Hafeman, was himself featured by CBS News.  Some 26 years ago, Charles Kuralt spotlighted Hafeman […]

Your favorite canoeing news-blog has added some new features!  Canoeing.com’s Canoeing News tweaked its pages recently to make its collection of the latest news from the world of canoeing easier to enjoy.  Canoeing News readers can now … Subscribe via E-mail …You’ll never miss the latest postings on Canoeing News, if you subscribe to the blog via […]

The steersman of the Hokule’a, the double-hulled canoe that sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1976, is being remembered for his strength and kindness. Sam Kalalau Jr., a native Hawaiian fisherman who died in October at age 85, helped prove the idea that Polynesians could navigate the Pacific using traditional techniques when he steered Hokule’a. […]

“It’s been waiting to become a canoe a long time now.” So said Haida canoe carver Saaduuts of a log he intends to shape into a dugout canoe, according to THIS Seattle Post-Intelligencer story by Mike Lewis. Saaduuts, born Robert Peele but who has gone by his tribal name for some 20 years, seeks to […]

Shell Va’a is outrigger canoe racing’s answer to the New York Yankees. The Tahiti-based team is collecting canoeing titles the way the Yankees used to gather World Series trophies. Last week, the oil-company sponsored team won its fourth-straight Leeward Islands Hawaiki Nui Race — a prestigious three-day race between the islands of Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, […]