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Was New Zealand originally settled by canoeists from Hawaii? It’s a possibility seen in a study of traditional Pacific Ocean canoe designs undertaken by Stanford University researchers Marcus Feldman, Paul Ehrlich, and Deborah Rogers. The trio examined a 1930s-era study of traditional canoe designs by A.C. Haddon and James Hornell in order to track the […]

River of Action, a 350.org initiative, recently posted an open letter to the paddling community, inviting canoeists, kayakers and paddlers of all kinds to join them in the International Day of Climate Action on October 24th. Paddlers around the world will gather on their local waterways to form the number 350. According to the letter, […]

According to Google Maps, it’s a three-hour drive from Moundsville, West Virginia to the state capitol in Charleston.  According to Mountain State canoeists Bryant Persinger and Ronnie Howe, the trip can also be calculated as an 8-day paddle. The retired miners and former high school classmates, as the Charleston Daily Mail reports HERE, finally paddled […]

Anishinabe elders, Jon Nelson informs us in Quetico: Near to Nature’s Heart, don’t really see a distinction between the archeological past and the present when it comes to understanding a plot of land or archeological site: “All archaeological sites and the objects found within them continue to have a spiritual resonance derived from past use, […]

A 180-year-old birch bark canoe has inspired a brand new birch bark canoe. The well-traveled “Grandfather Canoe” made nearly two centuries ago by Maliseet First Nation craftsmen, thought to be the oldest extant birch bark canoe on earth, has inspired the latest canoe creation by contemporary Maliseet canoe builders. As the Telegraph-Journal in New Brunswick […]

At Canoeing.com, we’ve always wondered why it isn’t easier to purchase a canoe online. Now you can purchase Langford Canoes online at ShopCanoeing.com. No one combines the timeless craftsmanship and beauty of a canoe with the technical aspects of high performance watercraft like Langford. We’ve paddled and tested these beauties, including the hand built red […]

We enjoyed THIS recent Ottawa Citizen story (with photos) about a moms-and-sons canoe trip down Alberta’s Red Deer River. The Red Deer River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, flows through southern Alberta’s badlands.  The group of five paddlers — a guide, two moms, and two teenage boys — floated from near Stettler to Drumheller on their 70-mile, four-day […]

Andrew Triebold and Steve Lajoie have done it again … and again … and, now, again. The canoe racing duo from spring Arbor, Michigan and Mirabel, Quebec, respectively, repeated as canoe racing’s Triple Crown winners with their victory in last weekend’s Classique Internationale de Canots in Quebec. As they did in 2008, Triebold and Lajoie this year won New […]