Welcome to the Wooden Canoe Museum, an online museum of all things related to wooden canoes. Use the tabs above to explore the museum.
The most recent additions are listed below.
1905 Chestnut
This is the earliest known ad for the Chestnut Canoe Company.
Rice Lake Deck Patent
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Patents
This is the US patent for the Rice Lake Canoe Company's cast aluminum deck found on their canvas covered canoes.
Thompson Canoe with Girls
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Vintage Photographs
These young ladies are paddling a Thompson canoe.
The Poor Man’s Yacht—The Canoeing Legacy of W. P. Stephens
Reprint of an article that appeared in Wooden Canoe, journal of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association.