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
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S CANOE: This 18-foot long Otca model Old Town canoe began life with the red, white, and blue design known as number four but returned to the factory to be repainted in this unusual combination (red on one side and yellow on the other), which enabled the color of the canoe to be easily changed to suit the picture being taken by simply turning it around. Photos by Ruth Gray and others. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #coldstreampond #oldtowncanoe #northwoodscanoe
GET THEM STARTED YOUNG: WCHA member Gene Burreson built this Ian Oughtred-designed Wee Rob so his grandchildren could paddle the salt marsh creeks of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Here 10-year-old grandson Michael is enjoying a paddle on a brisk fall day after the marsh grasses have turned brown. The 12 foot Wee Rob is constructed of glued marine plywood with cherry trim. Photo by Gene Burreson. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #ianoughtred #weerob #chesapeakebay
PAINTED PADDLE: Mike Livdahl captured this scene at the Northwest Chapter’s Spring Meet in 2016. Photo by Mike Livdahl. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #mikelivdahl
ON THE ALLAGASH: Breaking camp at the Five Finger Brook West campground in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Grant Hawkes checks gear before loading canoes for a day of paddling on the river. Photo by Greg Nolan. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #allagashriver #fivefingerbrook
REFLECTIONS: Scott and Phyllis Christianson at the Northwest Chapter’s Fall Meet in 2013. Scott built the canoe with Jerry Stelmok at the Island Falls Canoe shop in Maine. It’s one of Jerry’s E.M. White designs, but with some added freeboard. Photo by Mike Livdahl. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #islandfallscanoe #whitecanoe #mikelivdahl
A long decked Gerrish: When member Mike Cyr found this unusual Gerrish it was in very rough shape. He said "The paint was a nightmare...red oil paint that had penetrated every surface was covered by grey porch paint. It had also been fiberglassed. But, there were details throughout that suggested that a very skilled hand had built it." Rollin and Elisa at Northwoods Canoe restored it and Mike says "I think it looks pretty darned good for a boat that is over 120 years old...it's ready to go another 120 years." #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #gerrishcanoe #northwoodscanoe
Martha Martha: a circa 1905 Rushton Indian Girl at Lake Jean in Pennsylvania, October 2011. Photo by Dave Davidson. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #rushtoncanoe #lakejean
Greetings from the 2011 Assembly: This is nine year old Laura Pinkney paddling her Sairy Gamp during the 2011 Assembly at Paul Smith’s College. Laura found the canoe, which was made by Mark Molyneux, under the Christmas tree on Christmas day 2010. Her eleven year old sister Annie has her own Sairy Gamp as well. #wcha #wchaorg #canoe #woodencanoeheritageassociation #woodencanoe #rushtoncanoe #wchaassembly #paulsmiths #adirondacks #stregislake
