Links & Resources

Wooden Canoe Heritage Association 

 

The following direct links are part of our parent organisation and will be of interest to wooden canoe enthusiasts:

• Discussion Forums - the most comprehensive forums on the internet for all things wooden canoe

• Wooden Canoe Classifieds - listings of boats for sale from the WCHA membership

• Builders and Supplier's Directory - a list of Canadian builders, suppliers and boat repair service providers organized by province

• WCHA online store - items for the wood canoe lover

• WCHA Membership Join/Renew - a direct link to join or renew your WCHA membership


• Historic Manufacturers Database 
Wooden Canoe Historian and WCHA Member Dan Miller maintains the web's most comprehensive website on historic canoe companies. A visual database of various deck shapes, decals, historic catalogues and serial numbers can be found to help identify a vintage craft.


Other Facebook Pages

• "Fans of the WCHA"

• Chestnut Canoe Facebook Group

• Peterborough Canoe Facebook Group

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Other WHCA Chapters

Our sister  Canadian group is the Northwest Chapter encompassing Western Canada and the Northwestern United States:

Northwest Chapter

Chapter Head: Craig Dupler

northwest.wcha.org

For a full list of other official chapters, consult the WCHA Chapters page which can be searched by geographic area.

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Some members of our organisation have contributed articles to Wooden Canoe journal, the quarterly publication of the WCHA. Over 200 issues of the journal have been published since its inception in 1979. Originally in black and white and now issued in full colour, the journal is filled with rich content including historical articles, restoration tips from professional builders, canoe related events and news as well as classified ads.

1. Well known builder Pam Wedd of Bearwood Canoe Company wrote a 3- part series on how to prepare your cedar canvas canoe for a professional paint job. Those articles (pdf format) can be found at the following links: part 1; part 2; part 3

2. Expert paddle maker and author Graham Warren wrote an article entitled, "Why are canoe paddles the shape they are?" which appeared in the October 2016 Issue of Wooden Canoe.

3. Traditional paddle maker Murat Vardar wrote a three part series entitled "Paddles from the Past" that trace the origins and story behind three historic indigenous designs:

• "A Recreation of a Historic Paddle Design"discusses a modern-day reproduction of a native steering paddle illustrated by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft during an 1820 expedition to discover the source of the Mississippi river. (Feb 2018 Issue - Volume 41, No. 1)

• " A modern-day recreation of a rare Cree paddle" discusses the findings of what may be the oldest, full-sized Cree paddle in existence. Dating to approximately 1770, learn about the paddle's fascinating journey from the original Woodland Cree creators, to an HBC sailor at York Factory, to a wealthy patron in London and its eventual purchase by a private owner in San Francisco. (Dec 2018 issue - Voume 41, No.6)

•  "The Paddling Legacy of E. Pauline Johnson" discusses the artistic and canoeing legacy of one of Canada's most famous poets. It focuses on Pauline's mixed Mohawk / Anglo heritage and discusses a set of unique Mohawk paddles from her family's estate now kept in storage at the Royal Ontario Museum (April 2019 Issue - Volume 42, No. 2)

4. Also included in the April 2019 issue of Wooden Canoe is a book review of a wonderful historical account of a pioneer of the wilderness canoeing movement. Howard Greene paddled the Boundary Waters / Quetico area a generation before the park was founded and his multiple trips are discussed with never-before-seen photos released by his family. Read the review of Border Country: The Northwoods Canoe Journals of Howard Greene, 1906-1916 HERE.