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November 24, 1945 – January 23, 2026 After a life spent traveling Canada’s wilderness in wood-canvas canoes, Hugh Stewart died at the...

My sisters and I in 1965. I still own this canoe.

Bucks on the creek bank.

Now that my friend was dang funny.

After 40 or so years of building paddles, I finally built one that will likely never be used. It will hang on a wall, in my home. It's...

I aware of your paddle making and paddling: both are way beyond my level! When I make things, I get comments like 'oh it's too good to...

The first blissful day I cruised out over the beautiful blue water, shouldered with dark spruces. I don't know if they are black spruce...

We have a special place in our hearts for camp canoes. It would be easy for a camp to let the tradition of using wood canvas canoes on...

It’s a pretty straight tracking boat and with its rudder it keeps a pretty good pace of 8km/hr, and pushing it can do 10km/hr with a big...

It is a fairly small hull if you’re intending to carry gear and want to do fishing where you would be moving around from side to side...

Happy New Year! My spring trip report through the middle of Algonquin is now live. This was a 7 day mid May trip that crossed a bunch of...

It is a Dandy. It would be unstable at 350 pounds of unskilled paddler but should fit you well. The lines are beautiful and secondary...

Part 5... Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Day 6 Thunderstorms passed over the camp again during the night. When I got up, everything was wet...

Part 4... Sunday, May 29, 2022, Day 4 Despite a cold night, I slept very well. I woke up shortly before 6:00 a.m. The leftover firewood...