Ward, 10, examines a wooden paddle she is decorating as her father, Jack Ward of Port Angeles, works on his own paddle during ...

What is a cedar-strip canoe, anyway? The basic idea behind a cedar-strip canoe is to make a hull of narrow wood strips, each one glued to the next with ordinary carpenter’s glue, and then cover ...

Though wood-and-canvas canoes look great and paddle even better, few people have bothered to build them since the early 20th century. Read 5 Steps - To build a wood canvas canoe. Featured in the ...

There is something about a wooden boat that should ... followed by the canoe being paddled across a lake. Few of us may ever make a canoe. But if we did, we’d want it to be one like this one.

The willow is special to us. It's a beautiful wood." Carter's first class began in October and over a period of about six weeks, participants build traditional canoes. Classes are held on Tuesday ...

“I CONSIDER MYSELF a maker,” Trent Preszler says, explaining why he chose to spend countless hours meticulously carving a wooden canoe ... Preszler decided to build the canoe after his ...

Saturday is that day. It's a day when the group shares their love of old canoes with the rest of us. They show visitors how to build or repair wooden canoes, how to make a paddle and even the ...

Gerhard transitioned into making things with degrees earned in wood finishing and cabinetmaking. For the last 15 years, those skills have led Gerhard to build canoes, then paddles and lures.