Canoes
Review: Nova Craft Canoe Prospector 14
New for 2024, the Prospector 14 (P14) from Nova Craft Canoe is the first solo offering in the brand’s bestselling Prospector series. And this...
New Nova Craft Canoe Prospector 14 Walk-Through (Video)
This might be Nova Craft's most versatile solo canoe yet. The new Prospector 14 is a scaled-down version of Nova Craft's popular Prospector and...
First Look: Esquif Huron 17 (Video)
If you’re going to roll out some new boat-building tech, there is no more fitting way to do so than slapping it on a...
Canoe Review: Old Town Saranac 146
Designed for affordable family fun on calm waters, the Old Town Saranac 146 is a great choice if you are looking for a beginner-...
Need For Speed: How Racing Changed Canoeing For The Better
Our everyday lives are filled with inventions that have come out of the world of racing. We drive cars with antilock brakes. We ride...
First Look: The Esquif Scout Tandem Canoe (Video)
For more than 25 years, Esquif has been known for their prowess at building canoes for running rivers and touring lakes. With the goal...
Canoe Review: Stellar Kayaks Dragonfly
There’s something a little magical about dragonflies. Canoeists welcome visits from these voracious aerial predators, rooting for them as they nab mosquitos, horseflies and...
Solo Canoe Review: Old Town Discovery 119
Maine-based Old Town Canoe Company has been building canoes since 1900. It’s reasonable to view Old Town’s Discovery 119 solo canoe as a descendent...
More Canoe Reviews
All-Around Recreational Canoe Review: Pelican 15.5
The Pelican International 15.5 canoe is built tough, for many years of recreational paddling on rivers and lakes. It’s constructed of legendary RAM-X plastic,...
Evolution of the Pack Boat Canoe
Media and geography merged over 130 years ago to create the pack boat, a unique style of canoe that remains popular today. A pack...
Boat Review: Silverbirch Covert Canoe
Last fall, Steve Childs, the designer and owner of Silverbirch Canoes, called and said he’d snuck the very first Silverbirch Covert 9.3 into the...
Boat Review: Blackfly Option Whitewater Canoe
When Jeremy Laucks landed a spot on the U.S. Freestyle Team to compete in OC-1 at the 2007 World Championships, there was just one...
Boat Review: Pakboats PakCanoe 170
Good things come in medium-sized packages. Isn’t that the old adage? It’s certainly true of the PakCanoe 170 by Pakboats. Rolled up, this 58-pound...
MyCanoe POP: Meet the most packable canoe
Canoes are a great way to enjoy the outdoors alone or with a friend, calmly paddling through the water and exploring at your own...
Boat Review: Souris River Quetico 18.5 Canoe
Souris River's super-sized family-hauling workhorse canoe.
Boat Review: H2O Voyageur 17 Canoe
The 49-pounds ultra tough river tripper
Boat Review: H2O Prospector 15-4 Canoe
When H2O Canoe Company owner, Jeff Hill, dropped off a fleet of three Prospectors at Paddling Magazine’s riverside office, there was one design that...
Boat Review: Nova Craft Prospector 17 TuffStuff Expedition
The title of our six-week wilderness adventure in northern Quebec last summer should be A Tale of Two Prospectors. Our friends paddled one of...
Boat Review: Wenonah Minnesota II
One weekend this spring a group of Paddling Magazine diehards planned to take a quick backcountry canoe trip to fly across the portage trails...
Boat Review: Nova Craft Bob Special
It was way back in 1905 when the Chestnut Canoe Company first introduced what would become one of the most popular and enduring canoe...
Boat Review: Mad River Caption Canoe
In the very earliest years of this century Dagger abandoned its canoe business. And with that decision the mould for their Caption went to...
Review: Mad River Canoe Explorer 16
In October 2020, Canadian boatbuilder Swift Canoe and Kayaks will take over manufacturing Mad River Canoe’s bestselling design, the Explorer 16, in two composite...
Boat Review: Esquif Excite Canoe
Getting in the new Esquif Excite canoe, I couldn’t get Secret’s antiperspirant tagline out of my head: Strong enough for a man, but made...
Esquif Pocket Canyon Canoe Review
Over the last 10 years, Esquif Canoes of Frampton, Quebec, has assembled a line-up that blows every other whitewater canoe manufacturer out of the...
Canoe Review: Abitibi Saugeen 16.6
Abitibi & Co. revives a Bluewater classic.
Boat Review: Otto Vallinga Vuntut 10 Canoe
As a toddler Otto Vallinga would take his toy boats down to the nearby St. Clair River for impromptu buoyancy testing. Thanks to his...
Boat Review: Mad River Legend 16 Canoe
In 1998, Dagger joined with Perception to form a much larger company called Watermark. Two years later, open boaters wept upon hearing the news...
Boat Review: Nova Craft Fox 14 Solo Canoe
Nova Craft Canoe's new solo boat was 47 years in the making.
Boat Review: Wenonah Spirit II Canoe
The 34-year-old canoe classic tandem has arrived in T-formex.
Review: Esquif Zephyr 2.0 XL
I dug through the Rapid archives all the way back to 2006 to find my original review of the revolutionary Esquif Zephyr.
Esquif Zephyr 2.0...
Small Canoe Review: Esquif Canoes’ Prospecteur 15
Esquif's newest Prospecteur is small but mighty.
Canoe Review: Old Town Penobscot 164
My day trip paddling Old Town’s Penobscot 164 across the city’s outer harbor to a nearby park was a typical outing for this design....
Boat Review: Sea Eagle Travel Canoe 16
The inflatable canoes, dinghies and kayaks we grew up with were little more than pool toys. Long-time inflatable kayak manufacturer Sea Eagle will change...
Solo Canoe Review: Adirondack Canoe Company’s 14-Foot Boreas
There’s a brief but particular full chassis shudder a 2003 Suburu Outback makes when its serpentine belt snaps. So, when the check engine light...
Northstar Canoes B16 Touring Canoe Review
My stomach sinks whenever I see a canoe atop the roof of a car. I feel for the vessel, sympathizing with it passing by...
Wenonah Canoe Review: Wee Lassie Solo Canoe
Your new grab-and-float companion for serene shores and tranquil lakes.
Folding Canoe Review: MyCanoe’s Recreational Plus
The futuristic, folding MyCanoe is intricately designed for transformative urban adventurers.
Boat Review: Swift Canoe’s Cruiser 16.8 Solo Canoe
The new race-inspired solo tripper
Canoe Review: Esquif Canoe’s Huron Recreational Canoes
The perfect cottage country cruiser.
Tom Thomson’s Limited Edition Canoes
Langford Canoes builds eight commemorative canvas canoes dedicated to the artist.
Solo Canoe Review: Esquif Canoes’ Extasy Creek Boat
Sabrina Barm's OC1 rapturous delight beyond all reason and self-control.
Esquif Canoes Whitewater Canoes
Esquif canoes were one of the first brands to use rotomolded polyethylene in canoes. And as time has gone on, the rotomolded canoes have...
Boat Review: Old Town Canoes Discovery 169
The easy handling and carrying capacity of the Discovery 169 has won us over.
Boat Review: Trailhead Canoe Regen 17
Trailhead has a long history of providing the ideal canoe for northern river expeditions. Since 1976, the Ottawa-based retail shop has produced their own...
