Steffan Meyric Hughes recalls paddling wooden canoes down the wild rivers of Maine.

"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 ...

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Tom McCloud recently brought a piece of Ludington history home. McCloud, who lives in Frederick, Maryland, visits the area annually for salmon fishing, but this year he brought ...

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 ...

Jerry Stelmok and Rollin Thurlow might have been bitter cross-town rivals. They both make timeless wood-and-canvas canoes that typically sell for about $6,000 apiece, and they both have workshops a ...