When I first see the canoe, in May, it takes a moment to distinguish the long, shapely slab of cedar from the patch of earth that has spent more than a century trying to reclaim it. Covered in moss ...
For centuries, canoes were used as a means of transport (as well as a useful tool for hunting and fishing) in North America, Siberia, and Greenland. The first recorded competitive canoe sprint race ...
Jack Bridgeman notched a pair of goals as his Copper Cliff U16AA team won a pair against the Soo on Saturday, 6-3 and 3-0, moving to 16-3-4 on the season and fifth in the provincial rankings. He is ...
A keel-laying ceremony has been held at the Baltic Shipyard in Russia for the multipurpose Vladimir Vorobyov service ship for nuclear-powered icebreakers. The target is to commission the vessel in ...
Tamara Thomsen / Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen was 24 feet underwater when she spotted it: the decaying end of a dugout canoe, a great white oak carved some 1,200 years ago.
As a Canadian, however, I have to point out that the canoe referred to as a canvas and plywood “cockle” was not a canoe but a kayak — as shown by the contemporary photograph you carried of ...
I used a paddle as a rudder (to steer). There are many types of rudders found in boat designs around the world and they are all important parts of a boat’s steering system. A rudder is often a ...
Forget ice skating and snowboarding — you can do those when you get home. How about ice canoeing and skishoeing, or screaming down a mountain on a wooden sled with no brakes? Cosmopolitan Quebec ...
Thomsen’s 2021 find spurred the two women to continue their hunt—and take it public. Establishing the Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project, the pair and helpers have so far documented a full ...