It was, Victoria Gonzalez admitted, her first time in a canoe, despite being of the ripe old age of 9 and living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. But what made this paddle even more special for the Duluth ...

What is a cedar-strip canoe, anyway? The basic idea behind a cedar-strip canoe is to make a hull of narrow wood strips, each one glued to the next with ordinary carpenter’s glue, and then cover the ...

Wayne Valliere picks up a long, thin spruce root — lovingly soaked, stretched and whittled into ribbonlike smoothness. Normally, he would be using the root to sew a traditional Ojibwe canoe, but, for ...

In a workspace barely large enough to hold his eager students, Steve Lapey is dispensing wisdom gleaned over his 85 years. Canoes have been Steve's hobby for decades and now he is eagerly passing on ...

MACON, Ga. — People only have 4 days left to see how different Native American tribes make canoes at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. It's part of their canoe building demonstration. The ...

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COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. -- Nobody smashed a bottle of champagne on the bow as the canoe embarked on its maiden voyage. Still, the mood at Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park on May 27 was celebratory in a ...