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Listening Point, the lake-shore property near Ely, Minnesota owned by nature writer and paddler Sigurd Olson, has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to THIS news story. The rugged 30-acre property on Burntside Lake is currently owned by the Listening Point Foundation. Olson, who is well-known to paddlers and nature […]

The only prehistoric sea-going canoe ever found in Florida continues to rest in the muck of Weedon Island near St. Petersburg, as it has for a long, long time. According to THIS Suncoast News story, the buried relic was once a 45-foot-long canoe that allowed the local Native American culture that carved the boat to ply the coastal […]

It’s been 78 years since Eric Sevareid and Walter Port pushed their 18-foot cruiser canoe off the Mississippi River’s banks in Minneapolis and into the waters that would ultimately take them to Hudson’s Bay. On the trip, famously recounted in Sevareid’s book Canoeing with the Cree, the newly-minted high school graduates paddled some 2,200 miles from […]

“Wanted: Footwear for canoe camping. Must be able to support their partner carrying a heavy pack over rough terrain, must be able to withstand insults from water, oozing mud and slime-covered rocks, must be flexible enough for kneeling canoeists to tuck you under the seat, must be friendly on frosty mornings and dog day afternoons […]

We’ve reported on concrete canoes, HERE, a canoe made of discarded chopsticks, HERE, and a dugout canoe made by a “tramp” in Florida, HERE. But, until now, we haven’t told you about a canoe tug-o-war. Thanks to the folks at the Coosa River Basin Initiative in Georgia, however, canoe tug-o-war is in the news. The […]

Have you always wanted to meet the folks behind the scenes at Canoeing.com? Are you eager to tell us what you like about our web site or what you’d like to see more of? Would you like to win a free Mitchell paddle? Well, you can do all of that — and more! — this […]

Nalgene, the maker of fluid bottles popular with many outdoor enthusiasts, announced it will phase out production of containers made with Bisphenol A (BPA) in response to consumer safety concerns. The company’s signature hard, clear, colorful bottles which had become popular in the last decade are made with BPA. Research has shown that BPA acts […]

The Mother Earth News web site regularly re-publishes articles from their archives. Recently, they re-ran THIS 1970 piece about a canoe trip from Loudenville, Ohio to New Orleans. We enjoyed the story, especially author Cindy Cooper’s take on planning: “Do not plan. Plans mess up everything. Too many beautiful trips have been ruined by planning […]