It has gotten to the point at which it is difficult to find new frontiers to explore without the aid of spacecraft or submarine. Given the will, conventional modes are still sufficient for pursuing ...

June Ward, 10, examines a wooden paddle she is decorating as her father, Jack Ward of Port Angeles, works on his own paddle during a craft-making session on Friday at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center ...

GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a name — and she’ll be good to go. “She” is ...

Growing up paddling the local rivers and lakes that define my home state of Minnesota, the tactile satisfaction of gliding a ...

It only takes about 25 minutes of labor to make a canoe paddle at Sanborn Canoe Company, but it can take up to three weeks between gluing the first strips together and painting the final colors.

On a weekday morning, the whine of a belt sander drifts from an open window above a liquor store in downtown Duluth. Danny Brown is making a canoe paddle. Or, depending on your point of view, he's ...