19th Century Canoeing Literature
- The Rob Roy in the Baltic
- One of the earliest canoe travelogues by one of the fathers of modern recreational canoeing.
- The Cruising Canoe and its Outfit
- An article from the roots of American recreational canoeing.
- The Perfect Canoe
- William Alden's anonymously written piece expounding on why his Shadow model canoe is the Perfect Canoe
- The Indian's Gift to Modern Recreation
- from The Illustrated American Magazine, 1897.
20th Century Canoeing Literature
- Canoe from the Penobscot River
- A thorough examination of a Penobscot bark canoe
- The Canoe: Its Selection, Care and Use
- by Robert E. Pinkerton. A classic text.
- Building a Miller Canoe
- A brief how-to, by one of our fine canoe builders way up there in Nictau...
- Comeback of the Canoe
- From Scouting Magazine, January-February 1997, and reprinted here with permission.
- Honeymoon with a Prospector
- Lawrence Meyer reflects on restoring a canvas canoe.
- The Old Canoe
- A poem by George Marsh, 1908.
- Sidartha...You Can Do It
- Andre Germain builds a cedar-strip canoe, and so can you.