From out of nowhere in the mid 1970s, river paddlers all of a sudden discovered a new whitewater canoe made from advanced plastic materials and molding processes that simply didn’t exist before. It was the Blue Hole Canoe made somewhere in the...

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Eastern Arctic KayaksAuthor: Heath, John D./ Arima, E./ Brand, John (CON)/ Collings, Hugh (CON)/ Golden, Harvey (CON)/ Petersen H. C. (CON)/ Rosing, Johannes (CON)/ Stamer, Greg (CON)Publisher:...

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A beautifully illustrated history of one of North America's most enduring cultural symbols and recreational pastimes. There is hardly a river or lake in North America that was not first seen from the gunwale of a canoe. Centuries before the...

Frequently dismissed as a 'nature poet' and an 'Indian Princess' E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was not only an accomplished thinker and writer but a contentious and passionate personality who 'talked back' to Euro-Canadian culture. "Paddling Her...

Two college friends, Sam Brakeley and Andy Rougeot, embark upon a 39-day canoe trip on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail through New England. Rapids, wildlife, and mishaps all add spice to their 740-mile journey, but it is the unique flavor of...

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This rich history begins with the birchbark canoe, follows the turn-of-the-century canoe craze when builders such as Eve Gerrish, E. M. White, B. N. Morris, and others perfected the art of the wood-and-canvas canoe, then takes us step by step...

Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. And if a native of those distant times might encounter a canoe of our day—whether birch...