Davidson and his workers make big, wooden canoes. They’re called North canoes, and they’re modeled after the boats the voyageurs used to ply Lake Superior and the Mississippi River.

These longer voyageur canoes — crafts that can seat 10 paddlers ... is something that started from summer camps and canoe clubs, probably in the wood-canvas era in the early 1900s.

They will be paddling two 20-foot wooden voyageur canoes they've built as part of the Canada 150 celebrations. "They're large canoes that hold ten paddlers," explained Philip Pierlot, one of the ...

He also has two birch bark canoes: a 16-foot half-scale model of a 32-foot historic Voyageur-style fur trading canoe, along ...

On one wall hangs an ancient wooden canoe, its hull bearing the marks of countless beachings ... planers and sanders. The results are classic Voyageurs’ paddles, like those used by the early explorers ...

He is part-owner of a voyageur canoe larger than either ... giving thanks to the trees that provided the wood, the men who built the canoes and the paddlers who enjoyed them through the years.

One of the organization’s activities is the “Canoemobile,” a fleet of six 24-foot, hand-built, wooden Voyageur canoes they bring to lakes and rivers to connect kids to nature. This year the ...

Students from Voyageurs Expeditionary High School in Bemidji learned outdoor skills this week that will help prepare them for ...

ALLOUEZ (WLUK) -- History is coming alive in the Green Bay area. An authentic wooden canoe is getting some finishing touches ahead of its maiden voyage Saturday. "This canoe. At one time ...

STEVE’S PASSION AND MUCH OF HIS WORK CENTER AROUND WOOD FRAMED, CANVAS WRAPPED CANOES. SLEEK, PROVEN DESIGNS THAT ARE LIGHT AND QUIET, PEACEFUL ON THE WATER. THE ESTHETICS OF LOOKING AT THOSE ...