When you line a canoe, you’re far less likely to flip your boat if you pull from the keel line rather than the painter. We were finally in the Du Pas River when we took some time to rig our lining ...

Trace Wisconsin’s waterways with French voyageurs and early trade routes. Host Doris Platt and guest David McNamara trace how canoes, keelboats and steamships opened Wisconsin to trade and settlement.

The decision to purchase a canoe ran counter to a long-standing personal rule about boats in general - it's better to rent than own unless a watercraft of any kind is going to be used frequently. An ...

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 the ...