FLUSHING-- Gary Debevec clearly remembers the day he became interested in building cedar-strip canoes and kayaks. One of his two daughters, Nicole, asked him if he was willing to go to her college ...

There is something about a wooden boat that should be facsinating to most makers, the craftsmanship and level of work that goes into creating a sea-, lake-, or river-worthy craft with smooth lines, ...

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Synthetics and composites have plenty of benefits, but they’ll never compete with the look of wood. This Cedar Strip Wooden Kayak from Justin Charles ($16,000) manages to provide the best of both ...

You can't buy one of Kevin Fredericks' gleaming cedar-strip canoes. He has built four of them now and has another one in the works. He has no idea who will someday own it. But it isn't for sale. "I've ...

GREAT FALLS (AP) Get very far into canoeing and someday you ll lose your heart to a stripper. Scott Enloe of Great Falls has and, family man that he is, was so taken with the comely, shapely cedar ...

GRAND FORKS-Crossing a portage in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness one day more than 20 years ago, Steve Hawthorne decided he was done lugging his 84-pound fiberglass canoe between wilderness ...

As a paddler living in Red Wing, Minnesota, I have spent many enjoyable hours cruising the beautiful rivers and lakes located just a few miles from my home. Last winter, while the ice thickened and ...