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Associations, campaigns, groups & clubs |
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| British Canoeing | national governing body for paddlesports in the UK |
| British Canoe Union | ‘helping and inspiring people to go canoeing’ |
| Canoe Camping Club | UK club for people who like to combine canoeing and camping |
| Canoe Foundation | charity aiming to change lives through canoeing – especially disadvantaged & minority groups |
| Canoe Wales | encouraging paddlesport in Wales; listing of Welsh clubs |
| Go Canoeing | Olympic legacy project aiming to increase grassroots participation in canoeing |
| Qajaq | (pronounced ‘kayak’) – American chapter of the Greenland Kayak Association |
| Rivers Access Campaign | campaigning for access to inland waterways in the UK |
| Scottish Canoe Association | governing body of canoeing & kayaking in Scotland; listing of Scottish clubs |
| UK Open Canoe Association | promoting everything to do with canoeing; trips; |
General information |
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| Canoe with a View | reviews of canoes and gear, info, forum |
| the Paddler | lots of articles, useful information, used stuff etc. |
| Song of the Paddle | wonderful site set up by a UK open canoe enthusiast – lots of information plus a forum |
| Wikipedia | entry on canoes |
| Wikipedia | entry on dugout canoes |
| Wikipedia | entry on kayaks |
| You, Your Canoe & the Environment | advice on minimising your environmental impact |
How to go canoeing & kayaking |
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| Bob Foote | canoeing tips & techniques |
| Canoe Days Out | over 200 canoe routes in the UK |
| Canoeing.com | beginner’s guide to going on a canoe trip |
| Go Canoeing | how to start canoeing |
| Thoughtco | articles and how-to’s on canoes and Kayaks |
| UK Rivers Guidebook | guide to (probably) all the rivers of the UK |
Buying a canoe |
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| Canoe & Kayak magazine | article – the basics of buying a canoe |
| Go Canoeing | buying a canoe or kayak |
| Outdoorplaces.com | buying the right canoe – tons of information |
Canoe building |
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| Bateau | canoe and kayak plans |
| Birch Canoes | canoe building weekends in Leicestershire |
| Bob’s Kayak Pages | shows (in detail) how he built his own wooden kayak |
| Chesapeake Light Craft | US site with self-build plans and lots of info |
| Dennis Davis Designs | canoe-building plans |
| Dix Design | plans |
| Duckworks | links to lots of sites that have canoe-building plans |
| Guillemot Kayaks | another US site with plans, kits and info |
| Jem Watercraft | plans for building canoes and kayaks, including a free one here |
| Joe River | photo guide to making a birch-bark canoe |
| Jumaka | building a birch bark canoe |
| Makin’ a Dugout Canoe | excellent photographic guide to building a dugout canoe |
| Making a Birch Bark Canoe | and even how to make your own gum from natural materials |
| National Film Board of Canada | fantastic video of building a birch-bark canoe |
| Primitive Ways | how to build a dugout canoe |
| Robbins Timber | timber and epoxies for boat-building |
| RWO Marine | materials for boat-building |
| Selway Fisher Design | UK site with plans for building your own canoe and other boats |
| Squeedunk Kayaks | constructing a birch-bark canoe |
| Wessex Resins & Adhesives |
epoxies and resins for boat-building |
History |
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| All About Canoes | the history of the canoe |
| Antiquity | 8000-year-old dugout canoe discovered in China |
| Arctic Kayaks | world inventory of over 270 aboriginal kayaks |
| Baidarka mailing list archive | no longer active, but still online, with lots of interesting posts and links |
| Evolution of the Kayak | growth in the popularity of the kayak in the 20th century |
| The Independent | article: dugout canoe was Bronze Age Briton’s run-about of choice |
| The Patagonian Canoe | history of canoes in South America |
| River of Song | the Ojibwe birch-bark canoe |
| Traditional Kayaks | lots of information about traditional Eskimo kayaks |
| Wooden Canoe Heritage Association | non-profit organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wooden and bark canoes |
