The paddler's toolbox - links to useful web sites

Here are some useful paddling resouces for people who teach canoeing.

Canoe Dance (great resource to teach precision in paddling)
Freestyle canoeing (American influence)
How to tie knots (from a UK scout troop)


Some other useful resources

Canadian Canoe Museum
Canoeing history (commercial but informative)
Canoe building in Peterborough
Wilderness Canoe Association
Wooden Canoe Heritage Association
The Viking Canoe
Canoe Sailing
Building a paper canoe - old Popular Mechanics article
Practical Canoeing - an 1883 guide
Canoe design by John Winter (I don't agree with all he says)
 

Paddlers of note

Omer Stringer (the "guru" of style paddling)
 
Paddlin' friends - folks I know with web pages
Steve's canoe page, awesome! - info on paddling in Europe
Becky Mason's page
Paul Mason's animation page :-) great cartoons
Mark Scriver's page
Performance Video - home of Kent Ford's videos and books
Turtle Paddles - hand crafted wood paddles

Paddlin' resources 
Ontario Parks
Parks Canada (English)
Canadian Canoe Routes
Paddling Ontario

Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association
Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association
Wilderness Canoe Association
Barrie Canoe Club (the local club in our area) 
Canadian Geographical names 
Birding in Canada
The Weather Network
Canoe Camping Top 40 (US rivers)

Commercial links
Sojourn - where we get all our stuff
Rutabaga - a great paddling shop in Wisconsin
Bear Mountain Boat Shop - canoe building stuff
Lightning Paddles 
 
 
 

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