Wood/canvas canoes appeal to the individual's aesthetic sense, as well as being useful and fun.... it's a matter of individual taste. I can tell you what I like, but it might not be what you'd find appealing-- as with cars, houses and furniture, tastes vary.
If you look at the "classifieds" section on the main page of the website, there may be some canoe-types that appeal to you and you could come back to this place and ask about them. But I'll give you my 2 cents:
A sixteen footer is a nice size, when a family is involved. You can paddle it alone or with two and have another person or two in the middle, and if they are little folks, you can work in a dog and some gear too. A sixteen footer isn't so big and unwieldy that it's difficult to put on and off the car.
Denis and I moved three of our canoes last night (the person storing them for us needed some garage space). Two of the canoes are eighteens and one is a sixteen... and we renewed our pledge of "no more eighteen footers"... not for just the two of us. (Well, unless it was something that really got my heart going pitty-pat). Anyway, the sixteen footer was a breeze to load and unload.
For paddling lakes and rivers in Michigan, anything that appeals to you aesthetically would probably suit your purposes. We have older canoes--- the kind that are called "antique" but only a few are 100 years old or more. We choose them for the way they grab us emotionally as much as anything else.
There are two Michigan WCHA chapters. We are in the Upper Peninsula-- if you're nearby, you're welcome stop over for a tour of our canoes. I'm sure Russ Hicks in lower Michigan would do the same.
Kathy