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Posted on June 24 2016 We’re spoiled living in Peterborough. There’s so much boatbuilding history in the region, we don’t have to go far to see ...

Posted on June 09 2016 Much as we love building and selling canoes, sometimes it can be a slog. Spending all day packaging orders, or feeling...

Posted on June 01 2016 As canoe builders, we’re mindful that what we do is part of a tradition. We owe a debt to the builders of the past for...

Posted on May 26 2016 Since last fall, we've made an effort to be more active on social media. It's been fun to share pictures, stories, even...

Posted on March 18 2016 Our customer Dean Smoll sent us a very kind note the other day. He'd meant to post it to Instagram, but ran up agains...

Posted on February 02 2016   These days, if they’ve heard the name at all, most people associate Guy Lombardo with music. Not without reason – G...

Posted on January 14 2016 Last month, Lynnae Loeks sent us an account of how she and her husband Doug built not one but three canoe simultane...

Posted on December 18 2015  C4 for Lachine Canoe Club One of the perks of doing a Year in Review is it reminds you your life is more eventfu...

Posted on December 04 2015   One of the more exciting projects we’ve been involved in had to do with the North Canoe you see in the photo abov...

Posted on November 14 2015 The unfortunate owner of the canoe above took his hull still on the strongback out of the garage temporarily to sa...

Posted on November 05 2015 Now that Justin Trudeau is in office, we thought it would be a good time to share an anecdote about our brush with...

Posted on October 16 2015 A customer wrote in recently with the question, "Do you prefer MDF or plywood for the forms and the strongback?" Th...