Though wood-and-canvas canoes look great and paddle even better, few people have bothered to build them since the early 20th century. Read 5 Steps - To build a wood canvas canoe. Featured in the ...

This Old Canoe ($24.95, available online), Elliott’s guide to restoring wood-canvas canoes, has all the attributes of the Canoe Guy blog, organized in a logical manner that traces the ...

We know what you're thinking: "I'd love to build a canoe, but this is just too big and too difficult for me." Well, we think ...

PADDLING – Mike Elliott, author of “This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe,” will present a free program on wooden canoes, 7 p.m., tonight, Oct. 23, at Mountain Gear Corporate ...

While wood/canvas canoes and wood snowshoes may be thought of as old-fashioned and inferior to the current high-tech products, when they are properly maintained they are functional, historic and ...

He stretches white canvas and fastens it over a wooden frame. The job takes a long time and three pounds of brass tacks, but it's one of the last steps before the canoe is shellacked and painted.

From then on, he was hooked. Not only does he take canoe trips, the Holland Township resident has been restoring wooden and canvas canoes and building scale models for more than two decades.

So you can't force it." He stretches white canvas and fastens it over a wooden frame. The job takes a long time and three pounds of brass tacks, but it's one of the last steps before the canoe is ...

Our wood canvas canoe is 14 feet long. It sits low, emphasizing its connection to the water. It is tippy and swift. We navigate the waters carefully to not damage the canvas shell, requiring both ...

When an old, damaged wood and canvas canoe was donated to Tennessee Valley Canoe Club, Board Director BG Smith decided to fix it up. He planned to organize a team of volunteers and, hopefully ...