Canoe and Canoeing History

Adirondack Experience Blue Mountain Lake, New York
The boat collection at this Adirondack museum includes more than 250 small inland watercraft, and reflects the development and refinement of regional boat making from a Native American dugout canoe to a 1989 Kevlar open pack canoe.

Canadian Canoe Museum Peterborough, Ontario Canada
Unique national heritage centre that explores the canoe’s enduring significance to the peoples of Canada, through an exceptional collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft.

Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum Spooner, Wisconsin
Devoted to the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of materials and information relating to the history and heritage of canoe building, canoes, and canoeing in North America.

The Antique Boat Museum Clayton, New York
ABM’s collections hold over 320 unique boats including many antiue canoes and thousands of related artifacts and archives.

If your company or organization is involved in any aspect of canoeing and is not listed yet and would like to be added, contact me. Note that this site is primarily for solo canoes. Web sites dealing strictly in kayaks will not be considered.