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 ...

Eds Note: When 15-year-old aspiring outdoor photographer Clayton Simoncic learned his 18-year-old cousin, Xander Davenport, was building a cedar-strip canoe near Simoncic’s home in southern Maine, he ...

“My favorite part was Day One. You start with a few pieces of wood, and by the end of the day it begins to look like a boat.” Matthew Smurthwaite places a strip of mahogany plywood as he speaks. “My ...

No buyers have made an offer on the former Old Town Canoe building on Main Street, so company and city officials are taking steps to find a new use that will complement the community’s long-range ...

BERKELEY — East Bay students are diving into nautical history and building a traditional Hawaiian outrigger canoe at the Aquatic Park. Expert outrigger canoe builder Kiko Eklund Johnston-Kitazawa — ...

NORTHWEST ANGLE, Minn. -- When a tribal elder on Lake of the Woods saw the birch bark canoe Talon Stammen was building, the native was quick with a quip. "You know they make those in Fiberglas now," ...

Local non-profit the Duluth Folk School has been partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs... Local non-profit the Duluth Folk School has been partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northland and ...

It’s a cool winter’s day in January. You get up and head out for a cup of coffee. Think about heading to the nearest sledding hill. No. Something different. Chillax with friends for brunch. Been there ...

A team of engineering students have spent months making a concrete canoe. They're getting ready to race in a national ...