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I have a 1904 Robertson canoe that needs renovation. It is available for a new home. The wood hull is in good shape. I have covered...

Pardon my failure to register my admiration and wonder at the canoe(s) you have made! While I'm hooked on paddling and restoring...

My awe of birchbark canoes and people who make them is great. I have paddled a Vallancourt canoe and it was magic. I would love to...

Pardon my failure to register my admiration and wonder at the canoe(s) you have made! While I'm hooked on paddling and restoring...

My awe of birchbark canoes and people who make them is great. I have paddled a Vallancourt canoe and it was magic. I would love to...

Or maybe we are all overwhelmed. I know I am.

When you say a canoe is tender, does that mean it tips easily? I've taken my Strickland (built c1900) out three times, always two-up...

Pardon my failure to register my admiration and wonder at the canoe(s) you have made! While I'm hooked on paddling and restoring...

My awe of birchbark canoes and people who make them is great. I have paddled a Vallancourt canoe and it was magic. I would love to...

I think not. Just read the other posts about birchbark canoes.The average comments are around 0-2!

Or maybe we are all overwhelmed. I know I am.

I have been wanting to get in there since I was a kid, driving up to Sabattis Scout reservation. Times a wasting!

Actually, about the 2nd week of May on....Thermocells and headnets are mandatory.

Cool. The Boy Scout camp Sabattis in the ADKS, had several massive war canoes. The camp is being shut down and sold to NYS...I wonder...

Thank you very much for your fine comentary! You’re right; these canoes don’t come easy! There is a monumental amount of work that goes...