I Love Paddling

… don’t do what THIS guy did. Police have arrested an alleged canoe thief in Vermont after the canoe’s original owner spotted him driving with the boat in the back of a truck. (Mistake #1) The original owner contacted police via cell phone and then followed the driver down what turned out to be a […]

Now this is a guidebook! That was, literally, our response after spending a bit of time inside the pages of Neil Rucker’s Canoer’s Guide to the Wild and Scenic Middle Klamath River. The self-published book, now in its 5th edition, is readable, comprehensive, entertaining, informative and, well, charming. If only every river had a book […]

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona opened its Art of the Canoe exhibition on Tuesday.   The exhibit examines the history, design, and development of Minnesota-built canoes — from boats hand-crafted from birch bark to those manufactured with modern materials. The collection features boats, art, and historic items from the personal collection of Winona residents Mike and […]

Should we expect another concrete canoeing upset this year? Last year, the University of Nevada won the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 21st Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, upsetting five-time defending champion University of Wisconsin. Last weekend, at the Great Lakes Regional, a qualifying competition for this year’s Nationals, upstarts from Indiana’s University of Evansville topped Wisconsin and 15 other […]

Two groups you’d expect to be allies — paddlers and bird-watchers —  find themselves at odds in Houston, Texas. Houston bird aficionados have concerns about a canoe-landing trail cut through the woods of a bird sanctuary. The trail, which was cut without authorization, follows a path already approved by the city for a canoe landing. You can watch Houston’s […]

Members of the Maliseet First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada want a birchbark canoe thought to be the oldest in existence returned to its original home. The 180-year-old “Grandfather Canoe,” a freighter canoe built by Maliseet craftsmen in the early 19th Century, is currently on display at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John — […]

Michiganders take their canoe-racing seriously. If you have any doubts about the hardiness of racers from the state where Verlen Kruger made his home and which annually hosts the 120-mile AuSable Canoe Marathon, look no further than the results, HERE, of Sunday’s 14th Annual Klondike Canoe Race. The event — held in temperatures that huddled […]

“When the kids are old enough, I’d sure like to take them canoeing.” It’s a phrase we have heard often enough. With the new book Becoming a Boundary Waters Family: Woods Wisdom Shared by the Outfitters of the Gunflint Trail, there’s no need to wait, no matter how young your kids might be. Compiled from […]