MOORESVILLE — Woodworking is a traditional craft in decline in this increasingly digital world, but one Mooresville resident is helping keep the art form alive. John Van Hal makes custom wooden canoes ...

Trent Preszler, the CEO of Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue, makes wooden canoes by hand. Preszler, who grew up on South Dakota cattle ranch, taught himself how to do it from scratch by reading books and ...

Crossing a portage in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness one day more than 20 years ago, Steve Hawthorne decided he was done lugging his 84-pound fiberglass canoe between wilderness lakes.

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Tom McCloud recently brought a piece of Ludington history home. McCloud, who lives in Frederick, Maryland, visits the area annually for salmon fishing, but this year he brought ...

Hulls constructed of willow give canoes a Mississippi flavor. Classes meet two nights a week for six weeks. Canoes are 15 feet and weigh about 42 pounds. Avid paddler John Carter of Jackson never ...

Jerry Stelmok and Rollin Thurlow might have been bitter cross-town rivals. They both make timeless wood-and-canvas canoes that typically sell for about $6,000 apiece, and they both have workshops a ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. --So many hurricane stories are ones of loss -- but this is a story of discovery. Photographer found dugout wooden canoe after Irma Archaeologists studied wood to discover age of ...

RACINE, WI — Racine’s prime location along Lake Michigan has provided opportunities for many businesses and inventions over the last 192 years. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Racine’s shipyard ...