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Camp Wyonegonic, Denmark

A summer camp flotilla from the 1930s

The Living Legacy of the North Woods Paddle

The North Woods Paddle: A time-honored tool from Maine’s North Woods lives on.

Two Traditional Canoe Builders

Wood-and-canvas canoes are still being built by hand by two craftsmen in the tiny town of Atkinson, Maine, where Rollin Thurlow and Jerry Stelmok, old friends and former business partners, have shops.

Where Broken Canoes Find New Life

Bruce Larson of Georges River Canoe specializes in building and restoring classic canoes.

The Grand Laker Canoe

Designed and built in the small town from which they take their name, Grand Laker canoes are the preferred craft of guides in the downeast lakes region.

An Heirloom Canoe

You’d think someone whose ancestor built canoes would own beautiful examples. Benson Gray explains why that’s not so, and how he finally did find an heirloom boat.

Birchbark Canoes

Birchbark canoe builder Steve Cayard revels in a craft that connects people to the land.