New Member from Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Hi all,

Short time lurker, first time poster here and I'm sad to say I don't own a canoe... yet. I've wanted a wooden canoe for a while now and I'm currently exploring my options so I'll likely spend most of my time here lurking and asking questions.

Oh yeah, I bought a kayak eight months ago and I've been loving it to death if that helps my street cred at all...

-Tim

 

street cred

"I've wanted a wooden canoe for a while now"

All the cred you need around here.

 

Lots of interesting canoes available up in your neck of the woods. Builders like Chestnut, Rilco, Peel Marine, Peterborough. I personally love the canadian all wood canoes. Have fun looking for one, and don't hesitate to ask questions!

 

Tim,
Welcome and talk to Ron Pellinen -Black Beaver Canoes there in the Soo. He both builds and restores. His email is : hr.pellinen@sympatic That is his wife's email as she does all that. He does nice work. He is a member of our Upper Peninsula Chapter of the WCHA which you are invited to join also. We're in Marquette.
Denis M. Kallery -Co chapter head of the UP chapter along with Kathy Klos.

 

Tim

Kayaks are a passing fad. But welcome anyway. I'll bet Pellinen's can get you into a canoe.

 

Hello

Ron Pellinen at 26 Queensgate Court in Soo Canada. He can build what you want or may know someone who has something to sell. He has a great shop.
John and I will be visiting him and Henrietta this Thursday evening and Friday.
Come over on Friday to say hello to WCHA members!

 

Hey Tim,
And the Northern Lakes (Canadian) Chapter would welcome you too!
Due to our wide dispersion, we don't often get together.
Our annual gathering is an eclectic event;
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=4687&highlight=killbear

And we often meet each other at other canoeing and boating related events and activities, including the Wilderness Canoe Symposium annual Symposium;
http://www.wcsymposium.com/

MEC Paddlefest; http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER<>folder_id=2534374302884675
(not an exclusively wooden canoe event, but lots of kayaks!)

Bear Mountain Boatshops biennial "Small Craft Builder's Rendezvous";
Here's the site for 2005. http://www.bearmountainboats.com/news_26.htmI
In 2009, this event folded in to the WCHA Annual Assembly held in Peterborough; http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=4702

etc.

Welcome to the fold, expansive as it is.

Rob

 

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. I don't think I'm quite in a place where I can buy a wooden canoe just yet but I have reached the stage where I'm doing a lot of research in my spare time.

I think when I do take the plunge I want to go ahead and build one (if I can stop at one). Right now the front runner is a 16 foot white cedar and canvas job I have a set of ancient Popular Mechanics plans for but that's subject to whether or not I learn to clinch nails properly. I'll be the first to admit, this project is probably a little way off as I'm living in a basement apartment right now.

In the meantime, the plan is to keep reading and just generally wait for this kayak fad to pass.

-Tim