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Canoe Handling. By C. Bowyer Vaux (1885, 3rd edition, 1901). "History, Uses, Limitations and Varieties, Practical Management and Care and Relative Facts." Particularly interesting, the section on Canoeing in General, and History. Also includes the rules and by-laws of the American Canoe Association, paddling and sailing rules, etc.; and information on canoes under sail, canoe racing, paddling canoes, construction, etc. Posted on the Dragonfly Canoe Works site.
Our Canoeing Heritage. From the Canadian Canoe Museum (in Peterborough) site. Sections on canoeing cultures, how to build a canoe; paddler profiles, links to lots of photos, etc. The feature exhibits are "The Grand Portage," "Origins Gallery," "Trade and Aliance," "Preserving Skills," "The Land Becomes Canada," "I Wasn't All Work," "Summer Strokes," "The Peterborough Tradition," "Reflections: The Land, The People and The Canoe."
"The History of the Canoe". From the site: "all about canoes." Five pages of photos.
Guides and Guiding. A section from the "Adirondack History Network."
The Explorers. Meet the early European explorers, especially pay attention to Samuel de Champlain. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Samuel de Champlain's Journal. An excerpt from July 1609 describing his sojourn on the lake later named for him. From "The Lake Champlain and Lake George Historical Site" maintained by James P. Millard.
The Fur Trade. A page from the Canadian Museum of Civilization on the fur trade which sustained the French colonies in Canada.
Great Fur Trade Canoes. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
The Voyageurs and Hired Men; the fur trade in New France. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization. See especially the section titled: In the Canoes.
A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe by J. MacGregor. From the site: "Robroy" (a website that contains several other links to online canoe readings)
Rob Roy 13: a classic double paddle solo canoe. Includes canoe plans for the Rob Roy and a bit of history on John Mac Gregor and J. Henry Rushton. From Bear Mountain Boat Shop.
(Plans for several Rushton canoes are available from the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY.)
Rushton Canoe Exhibit Opens". At the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Pictures that link to information on Rushton and his canoes.
In the Beginning: The Boy-Men. An article on Rushton, Nessmuk, and others, by Farwell Forrest for Paddling.net. Copyright © 2000 by Verloren Hoop Productions.
Rushton "Improved Bailey" Batwing Sail. Plan for a Rushton-style mast, spar and rigging. And another page on the spars. From Craig O'Donnell.
[An 1882 from Rushton handwritten Letter to] "Mr. Geo. W. Sears" [Nessmuk]. continued on a second page.
Canton's Boatbuilding Heritage. A page from "Grasse River Boatworks," a Canton canoe group manufacturing high quality canoe replicas based on Rushton's "Wee Lassie" and his "Saranac Laker Guideboat."
Francis Blake Orders a Rushton Rob Roy. Article by Elton W. Hall, the first article for Wooden Canoe. Includes correspondence about a canoe Rushton made for Francis Blake.
Nessmuk's Adirondack Letters. An online version of Nessmuk's letters to the journal Forest and Stream on his solo cruises in Rushton canoes ("The Susan Nipper" and "The Sairy Gamp"). Also included information on the canoes and a couple of pictures. From the site: "Robroy" (a website that contains several other links to online canoe readings, including Nathaniel Bishop's Voyage of the Paper Canoe, Charles Hall's Building the Li'l Beauty Skin-on-frame Kayak, the Baidarka Mailing List Archive.) There is also a list of links to some Boating Books online, including J. MacGregor's (1866) A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe by J. MacGregor, and John Boyle O'Reilly's canoe travels (1890).
In the Beginning: The Boy-Men. An article on Rushton, Nessmuk, and others, by Farwell Forrest for Paddling.net. Copyright © 2000 by Verloren Hoop Productions.
Wave Eaters: Native Watercraft in Canada. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Pages on: Kayaks, Umiaks, Bark Canoes, and Dugout Canoes. Also includes a section of Exhibition photos.
"The Haida Canoe". From the Museum of Civilization (Canada), with a link to more information on dugout canoes.
Bark Canoes. A page from the Museum of Civilization (Canada), with links to information on "War Canoes," construction of birch bark canoes, etc.
Birchbark Canoes. Web site from Judy Kavanagh, 2002. Includes: How to Build..., Where to buy, Photo Gallery, Books, Videos, and with other links to: Books, Magazines; Building Techniques; Builders; History; Museums and Exhibits; Organizations; Pictures.
"Give Me of Your Bark, O Birch Tree": Accounts of the canoe in exploration and travel literature. Includes the "brochure" from the exhibit, along with pictures of the exhibit itself. From the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota.
The Birchbark Canoe (1603). (One page) Includes a quote from Champlain. Posted on the Canadian Museum of Civilization site.
Wooden Canoe Journal. The Journal of the (WCHA) Wooden Canoe Heritage Association.
Model Canoes. From the WCHA web site.
The Coracle - a one person boat with an ancient lineage. A brief description from Data Wales.
Welcome to the Coracle Society. After a definition you find further information on coracles.
Umiaks. From the Museum of Civilization (Canada), with links to "Umiak Construction" and "Examples of umiaks." [An "umiak" is an arctic skin boat]
Kayaks. From the Museum of Civilization (Canada). [A "kayak" is another type of arctic skin boat, one that has a watertight, covered deck]
Conservation of a Kayak. From the Museum of Civilization (Canada). Detailed illustrations of techniques and stages of conservation.
Guideboats. From the Adirondack Museum's online story about Adventures in the Adirondacks: Early Visitors. Also features pages on guides, camps, lodging, tall tales, etc.
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