“The canoe implies a long antiquity in which its manufacture has been gradually perfected. It will ere long, perhaps, be ranked among the lost arts.” — Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods The ...

Shawn James prepares for fishing season by practicing casting and fly-tying, making a wooden fishing net, and restoring a 50-year-old wood-and-canvas canoe. His golden retriever, Cali, loves the water ...

Hulls constructed of willow give canoes a Mississippi flavor. Classes meet two nights a week for six weeks. Canoes are 15 feet and weigh about 42 pounds. Avid paddler John Carter of Jackson never ...

A canoe or kayak hand-crafted in wood for $5,000 might seem a luxury, rather than a deal to most of us. But Lance Alpi, who started making them last year at his Williamstown workshop, has already ...

Jackson woodworker teaches workshop to build wooden canoes with Mississippi materials John Carter, a Mississippi woodworker, runs a workshop in Jackson where students build traditional wooden canoes ...

""Fly fishing is about patience, precision, and a deep connection to the natural world. We build our canoes and kayaks with those same values in mind. When you paddle a Foxfire vessel onto your ...