"The canoe implies a long antiquity in which its manufacture has been gradually perfected. It will ere long, perhaps, be ranked among the lost arts." — Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods The ...

Hulls constructed of willow give canoes a Mississippi flavor. Classes meet two nights a week for six weeks. Canoes are 15 feet and weigh about 42 pounds. Avid paddler John Carter of Jackson never ...

OAK GROVE, Minn. — Inside an unassuming workshop, Jesse Gerhard is painstakingly building a canoe with locally discarded wood. "This is from a church in Crystal, the actual plywood. The redwood is ...

MOORESVILLE — Woodworking is a traditional craft in decline in this increasingly digital world, but one Mooresville resident is helping keep the art form alive. John Van Hal makes custom wooden canoes ...

Nakai Clearwater Northup (right), head of education at the Mashantucket Pequot, carves up deer meat alongside Miguel Ortiz who is with visitor services. Members of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal ...

There is something about a wooden boat that should be facsinating to most makers, the craftsmanship and level of work that goes into creating a sea-, lake-, or river-worthy craft with smooth lines, ...

There is something about a wooden boat that should be facsinating to most makers, the craftsmanship and level of work that goes into creating a sea-, lake-, or river-worthy craft with smooth lines, ...

The highest percentage of dates from the testing are between 1640 to 1680 A.D. — -- A historical canoe was unearthed by Hurricane Irma from the Indian River in Cocoa, Florida, along what locals ...

ZANESVILLE – He values tradition, and it shows in his work. “We lived rurally growing up,” recalled Jason Hammond. “My friends and I were able to get out and mess around in the fields and woods riding ...

At Kasenyi Landing Site, 20 kilometres off Entebbe Road in Wakiso District, teenagers learn the art of making canoes under Fred Muwanga’s guidance, a skill that takes five years to master but ...

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