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"The canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to travel the province's many waterways. Always at the crossroads of canoe culture, BC today is home to innovative artists and designers who have rediscovered ancient canoe-building techniques, as well as community leaders who see the canoe's potential to bring people together in exciting, inspiring ways. The book chronicles the evolution of the canoe and its impact on the various people who used it to explore, hunt, trade, fight, race, create, and even heal. Dozens of stories of colourful, passionate people who have contributed to the province's canoe culture. Canoe Crossings will appeal to anyone who has ever sought adventure, found solace, or seen beauty in a canoe or wondered about the origins of its design"--Provided by publisher.

Canoes and canoeing. --- British Columbia --- History.

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This book is the culmination of significant multi-disciplinary work carried out by a variety of specialists, from conservators to woodworking and boatbuilding experts, exploring the history of the Poole Iron Age logboat (today imposingly displayed in the entrance to Poole Museum in Dorset) and also its functionality - or lack of - as a vessel.

Boats, Ancient --- Dugout canoes --- Antiquities. --- Poole (Dorset, England)

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More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe's sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada and explores how the canoe went from being an industrial-economic vehicle to a purely recreational vessel. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe has been overvalued as a connection to the "nature" of Canada. Examining voyageur re-enactments, turn-of-the-century sportsman stories, and the subsequent "greening" of the canoe, this book shows how this symbol authenticates Canada's reputation as a tolerant, environmentalist nation, even when there is abundant evidence to the contrary. Ultimately, the stories we tell about the canoe need to be understood as moments in the ever-contested field of cultural politics.

Canoes and canoeing --- Nature --- National characteristics, Canadian --- History. --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Canada

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A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, an utterly compelling collection, said The Globe and Mail.

Canoes and canoeing --- Birch-bark canoes --- Canoe trips --- Canoeing --- Aquatic sports --- Boats and boating --- History --- Addresses, essays, lectures. --- Canada, Northern --- Arctic, Canadian --- Canadian Arctic --- Northern Canada --- Arctic regions --- Description and travel

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Rivers --- Canoes and canoeing --- Brooks --- Creeks --- Runs (Rivers) --- Streams --- Bodies of water --- Birch-bark canoes --- Canoe trips --- Canoeing --- Aquatic sports --- Boats and boating --- Diebel, Lynne Smith --- Travel --- Driftless Area. --- Paleozoic Plateau --- Middle West