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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The WCHA’s annual membership meeting is normally held during the annual assembly but will be held this year as an electronic meeting on Tuesday, September 22 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. All members are invited and encouraged to attend. Advance registration is required using the link at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3997713636997980176 first. Please join us if you can. This image is showing the whole gang from the 2015 Assembly. Photo by Jim Wilson. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #paulsmiths #adirondacks #wchaassembly

 

PENNY CANDY COVE: WCHA member Ken Irving and his family like to spend time at this special spot on Harts Pond, which is found in Down East Maine. Here his daughter Willow Lila takes a nap in the family’s Walter Walker canoe while their dog Kuujjua (named after a river on Victoria Island in Canada’s high Arctic) looks on. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #hartspond #walterwalkercanoe

 

SERENITY IN THE SWAMP: This unrestored 1956 Willits Brothers canoe was photographed by owner Michael Grace in a cypress swamp deep within the Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area in central Florida. Built in Tacoma, WA, for a guide at the Charles L. Sommers Wilderness Canoe Base (MN), this double-hulled Willits Brothers canoe named Vermilion is constructed of red cedar, mahogany and white oak. Photo by Michael Grace. #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #willitscanoe #tosohatchee

 

BREAK TIME: Robin Lauer’s Chestnut Chum during a 2006 solo trip in the Temagami Canoe District of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Photograph by Robin Lauer. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #temagami #chestnutcanoe

 

TEST PADDLE: R. C. Cross tries out Bob Moore’s Morley Kootenai canoe at the the 2017 Northwest Chapter’s Spring Meet. The sturgeon-nosed canoe was a distinctive style used by the Sinixt, Ktunaxa and Kalispel First Nations in the Pacific Northwest. Photo by Mike Livdahl. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #morleycanoes #kootenaicanoe #mikelivdahl

 

A GOOD DAY FOR A SAIL: Jim Clearwater and his cousin Hannah Clearwater go for a sail in Jim’s newly restored Old Town Double-End Boat. The boat is named Stephanie Lynn after Hannah’s mother and was christened at the 2014 Assembly. Photo by Betsy Wilson. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #paulsmiths #adirondacks #wchaassembly #lowerstregislake #oldtowncanoe

 

PORTAGE TIME: A 1915 B. N. Morris short-decked canoe moored near Gull Portage campsite on Boundary Water’s Bald Eagle Lake. Photo by Mark Douglass. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #baldeaglelake #boundrywaters #gullportage #morriscanoe

 

Mike Davidson and Ginger Fortier thought they might someday enjoy canoeing and discovered this 1928 Old Town disguised in scruffy red paint and dust in an Oregon wagon and carriage shop. Here it is on the water at the Northwest Chapter’s Fall Meet. Photo by Mike Livdahl. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #mikelivdahl #oldtowncanoe

 

CAROLYN: Ken Kelly’s Thompson Indian Girl canoe was photographed at Assembly in 2012 by Jess Buttery and Dan Miller. Ken’s restoration of the canoe was an expression of his passion for the Arts and Crafts movement. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #paulsmiths #adirondacks #wchaassembly #thompsoncanoe

 

SAWBILL LAKE SCENE: Sue Plankis captured this scene during the Minnesota Chapter’s trip to Sawbill Lake. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #sawbilllake

 

COURTING IN TWO SCALES: Details of R.C. Cross’s J.R. Robertson courting canoes. One is full size, the other a one-eighth scale model built by Chris Pearson. Photos by Mike Livdahl. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #robertsoncanoe #canoemanart #mikelivdahl

 

PADDLING THE THAMES: Freestyle instruction at the Second Quietwater Conclave at Beale Park on the River Thames in the UK. Lude Kraak paddles a Thomas Braun cedar/canvas canoe which was built by Lude under the guidance of Thomas in Germany. Photo by Nick Dennis. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #thomasbrauncanoe #quietwaterconclave #bealepark #thamesriver