This is a list of books related to wooden canoes, canoe trips, and similar small craft. The links will take you to a site where you can learn more about them, buy or download a copy.
| Author(s) |
Title |
Date |
| Adney, [Edwin] Tappan and Behne, C. Ted (editor) |
The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney, Vol. 1, 1887-1890 |
2010 |
| Adney, [Edwin] Tappan and Chapelle, Howard |
Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America |
1964 |
| Asfeldt, Morten and Henderson, Bob |
Pike's Portage: Stories of a Distinguished Place |
2018 |
| Audette, Susan T. and Baker, David E. |
The Old Town Canoe Company: Our First Hundred Years |
1998 |
| Back, Brian |
The Keewaydin Way: The Story of the World's Oldest Canoe-trip Camp |
2004 |
| Baldwin, Laura Edith |
The Boat Builders of Hamilton; From the mid 1800s to present |
1992 |
| Benedickson, Jamie |
Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure |
1997 |
| Bond, Hallie |
Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks |
1998 |
| Bradshaw, Todd |
Canoe Rig: The Essence and the Art |
2000 |
| Brinck, Wolfgang |
The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka |
1995 |
| Brown, Ken |
Invention of the Board Canoe |
2001 |
| Brown, Ken |
The Canadian Canoe Company and the Early Peterborough Canoe Factories |
2011 |
| Buckles, Julie |
Paddling to Winter |
2013 |
| Carey, Betty Loman |
Bijaboji: North to Alaska by Oar |
2006 |
| Carleton, Leroy T. |
Carleton's Pathfinder and Gazetteer |
1899 |
| Carr, Lizzie |
Paddling Britain: 50 Best Places to Explore by SUP, Kayak & Canoe |
2018 |
| Chandler, Laurie Apgar |
Upwards: The Story of the First Woman to Solo Thru-Paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail |
2017 |
| Chapman, Patrick F. |
The Willits Brothers and Their Canoes |
2006 |
Conkey Company, W. B. and Handy, Moses P. (editor) |
The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893 |
1893 |
| Conover, Garrett |
Beyond the Paddle: A Canoeist's Guide to Expedition Skills |
1990 |
| Corad, Susan |
Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage |
2019 |
| Corad, Susan |
Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage |
2019 |
| Cunningham, Christopher |
Building the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and Use |
2002 |
| Dellenbaugh, Frederick |
A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River |
1908 |
| Dennis, Jerry and Wolff, Glenn (illustrator) |
From a Wooden Canoe: Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment |
2000 |
| Dillard, Annie |
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |
2013 |
| Dina, James |
Voyage of the Ant |
1989 |
| Downes, P. G. and Cockburn, R. H. (editor) |
P. G. Downes' Journals of Travels in Northern Canada, 1936-1938, volume 1 |
2012 |
| Downes, P. G. and Cockburn, R. H. (editor) |
P. G. Downes' Journals of Travels in Northern Canada, 1939-1947, volume 2 |
2012 |
| Downes, P. G. and Cockburn, R. H. (editor) |
Sleeping Island: The Narrative of a Summer'sTravel in Northern Manitoba and the Northwest Territories |
2013 |
| Dunkin, Jessica |
Canoe and Canvas: Life at the Encampments of the American Canoe Association, 1880-1910 |
2019 |
| Durant, Kenneth and Helen |
The Adirondack Guide-boat |
1980 |
| Dyson, George |
Baidarka: The Kayak |
1986 |
| Edwards, Robert |
Aboriginal bark canoes of the Murray Valley |
1972 |
| Elliott, Mike |
This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe |
2015 |
| Erickson, Bruce |
Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon |
2013 |
| Erickson, Bruce and Krotz, Sarah Wylie (editors) |
The Politics of the Canoe |
2021 |
| Fedarko, Kevin |
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon |
2014 |
| Field, Parker B. and Chambers, Roger |
Canvas Canoes: How To Build Them: With a Plan and All Dimensions |
1895 |
| Fischer, Gordon L. |
Guideboat Paddles: An Adirondack Treasure |
2008 |
| FitzGerald, Holly |
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios |
2017 |
| Fredston, Jill |
Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge |
2002 |
| Freeman, Amy and Dave |
A Year in the Wilderness: Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters |
2018 |
| Frentz, Brand and Kruger, Verlen (contributor) |
The Ultimate Canoe Challenge: 28,000 Miles Through North America |
2004 |
| Gidmark, David |
The Algonquin Birchbark Canoe |
1988 |
| Gidmark, David |
The Indian crafts of William & Mary Commanda |
1995 |
| Gidmark, David |
Birchbark Canoe: Living Among the Algonquins |
1997 |
| Gidmark, David |
Building a Birchbark Canoe: The Algonquin Wabanaki Tciman |
2002 |
| Gilpatrick, Gil |
The Canoe Guide's Handbook: How to Plan and Guide a Trip for Two to Twelve People |
1981 |
| Gilpatrick, Gil |
Building a Strip Canoe, Second Edition, Revised & Expanded |
2010 |
| Gilpatrick, Gil |
Building Wooden Snowshoes & Snowshoe Furniture |
2011 |
| Gilpatrick, Gil |
Allagash: A Journey Through Time on Maine's Legendary Wilderness Waterway |
2011 |
| Gilpatrick, Gil |
Building Outdoor Gear, Revised 2nd Edition: Easy-to-Make Projects for Camping, Fishing, Hunting, & Canoeing |
2012 |
| Glickman, Joe |
Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent |
2012 |
| Goode, F. W. |
Beaver Bark Canoes: The Art and Work of Ferdy Goode |
2014 |
| Guy, Camil |
The Weymontaching Birchbark Canoe |
1974 |
| Hallock, Charles |
The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide |
1878 |
| Hahn, Jennifer |
Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage |
2009 |
| Harting, Toni |
French River: Canoeing the River of the Stick-Wavers |
1996 |
| Henderson, Bob |
Every Trail Has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada |
2005 |
| Henderson, Bob |
More Trails, More Tales: Exploring Canada's Travel Heritage |
2014 |
| Henderson, Bob and Blenkinsop, Sean |
Paddling Pathways: Reflections from a Changing Landscape |
2022 |
| Henderson, Bob and Vikander, Nils (editors) |
Nature First: Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way |
2007 |
| Hodgins, Bruce W. and Benedickson, Jamie |
The Temagami Experience: Recreation, Resources, and Aboriginal Rights in the Northern Ontario Wilderness |
1989 |
| Hodgins, Bruce W. and Hobbs, Margaret (editors) |
Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe |
1987 |
| Hodgins, Bruce W. and Hoyle, Gwyneth |
Canoeing North Into the Unknown: A Record of River Travel, 1874 to 1974 |
1997 |
| Hodgins, Bruce W., Jennings, John, et al. (editors) |
The Canoe in Canadian Culture |
2001 |
| Horton, S. Jeff |
Fuselage Frame Boats: A guide to building skin kayaks and canoes |
2011 |
| Hubbard, Lucius |
Woods and lakes of Maine: a trip from Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe |
1883 |
| Jason, Victoria |
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the North West Passage |
1999 |
| Jennings, John |
The Canoe: A Living Tradition |
2002 |
| Jennings, John |
Bark Canoes: The Art and Obsession of Tappan Adney |
2004 |
| Johnson, Beth |
Yukon Wild: The Adventures of Four Women Who Paddled 2,000 Miles Through America's Last Frontier |
1984 |
| Kent, Timothy J. |
Birchbark Canoes of the Fur Trade, Volumes I and II |
2002 |
| Kent, Timothy J. |
Paddling Across the Peninsula: An Important Cross-Michigan Canoe Route During the French Regime |
2005 |
| Kent, Timothy J. |
Rendezvous at the Straits: Fur Trade and Military Activities at Fort de Buade and Fort Michilimackinac, 1669-1781 |
2005 |
| Keyser, Esther |
Paddling My Own Canoe |
2003 |
| Klos, Kathryn Hilliard |
The Morris Canoe: Legacy of an American Family |
2015 |
| Kulczycki, Chris |
The Canoe Shop: Three Elegant Wooden Canoes Anyone Can Build |
2001 |
| Lenker, Brook |
The Restorers |
2019 |
| Lester, Jean A. |
History on Birchbark: The Art of Toma Joseph, Passamoquoddy |
1993 |
| Linnea, Ann |
Deep Water Passage: A Spiritual Journey at Midlife |
1997 |
| Luukkanen, Harri and Fitzhugh, William W. et al. |
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia |
2020 |
| MacGregor, John |
A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe |
1867 |
| MacGregor, John |
The Rob Roy on the Baltic |
1867 |
| MacGregor, John |
The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea & Gennesareth, &c |
1869 |
| MacGregor, Roger |
When the Chestnut Was in Flower - Inside the Chestnut Canoe |
1999 |
| MacGregor, Roy |
Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him |
2010 |
| MacGregor, Roy |
Canoe Country: The Making of Canada |
2015 |
| MacGregor, Roy |
Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada |
2017 |
| Mallet, Thierry |
Plain Tales of the North |
1925 |
| Mallet, Thierry |
Glimpses Of The Barren Lands: A Frozen Diary |
1930 |
| Manley, Atwood |
Rushton and His Times in American Canoeing |
1977 |
| Manlove, Becca Brin |
Hauling Water |
2011 |
| Mason, Bill |
Path of the Paddle |
1989 |
| McCarthy, [Henry] "Mac" |
Featherweight Boatbuilding |
1996 |
| McPhee, John |
The Survival of the Bark Canoe |
1982 |
| Merrick, Elliot |
True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness |
2010 |
| Michne, John and Olivette, Michael J. (Contributor) |
Building an Adirondack Guideboat |
2018 |
| Moores, Ted |
KayakCraft: Fine Woodstrip Kayak Construction |
1999 |
| Moores, Ted |
Canoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction |
2000 |
| Moores, Ted and Rossel, Greg |
Kayaks You Can Build: An Illustrated Guide to Plywood Construction |
2004 |
| Nickels, Nick |
Master Canoe Builder: Lakefield's Walter Walker Ends and Era Begun in 1850 |
1985 |
| Neide, Dr. Charles A. |
The Canoe Aurora: A Cruise from the Adirondacks to the Gulf |
1885 |
| Neuzil, Mark and Sims, Norman |
Canoes: A Natural History in North America |
2016 |
| North House Folk School |
Celebrating Birch: The Lore, Art, and Craft of an Ancient Tree |
2007 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Singing Wilderness |
1956 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Listening Point |
1958 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
The Lonely Land |
1961 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Runes Of The North |
1963 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Reflections from the North Country |
1976 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Of Time and Place |
1982 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Songs of the North |
1987 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Collected Works of Sigurd F. Olson: The Early Writings, 1921-1934 |
1988 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. |
Dare to Do: Taking on the planet by bike and boat |
1990 |
| Olson, Sigurd F. and Blacklock, Les |
The Hidden Forest |
1969 |
| Outen, Sara |
Dare to Do |
1969 |
| Patterson, R. M. |
Dangerous River: Adventure on the Nahanni |
1999 |
| Pellerin, Stephen and Bissland, Ted |
The Modern Canoe: A Practical Guide to Woodstrip/Resin Construction |
1994 |
Peterson, Cris |
Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History |
2009 |
| Phillips, Ruth B. |
Native North American Art |
1998 |
| Phillips, Ruth B. |
Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900 |
1998 |
| Phillips, Ruth B. |
Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds |
1999 |
| Pinkerton, Robert Eugene |
The Canoe Its Selection, Care and Use |
1914 |
| Raffan, James |
Bark, Skin and Cedar: Exploring the Canoe in the Canadian Experience |
2000 |
| Raffan, James |
Deep Waters: Courage Character and the Lake Timiskaming Canoeing Tragedy |
2002 |
| Raffan, James |
Rendezvous with the Wild: The Boreal Forest |
2004 |
| Roberts, Kenneth and Shackleton, Philip |
The Canoe: A History of the Craft from Panama to the Arctic |
1983 |
| Ricks, Byron |
Homelands: Kayaking the Inside Passage |
1983 |
| Rutstrum, Calvin |
North American Canoe Country: The Classic Guide to Canoe Technique |
1964 |
| Rutstrum, Calvin and Kouba, Leslie C. |
Back Country |
1984 |
| Schade, Nick |
Building Strip-Planked Boats |
2009 |
| Sears, George Washington "Nessmuk" |
Woodcraft |
1891 |
| Sears, George Washington and Brenan, Dan (editor) |
Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears |
1993 |
| Sevareid, Eric |
Canoeing with the Cree |
1935 |
| Simmons, Walter J. |
Building Lapstrake Canoes |
2003 |
| Simmons, Walter J. |
Finishing |
2003 |
| Simmons, Walter J. |
Repairs |
1995 |
| Solway, Kenneth |
Story of the Chestnut Canoe |
1997 |
| Speltz, Robert |
A Real Runabouts Review of Canoes, Cedar Planked and Canvas Covered |
1991 |
| Steber, Rick and Taylor, Shell |
New York to Nome |
1989 |
| Steele, Thomas Sedgwick |
Canoe and Camera |
1880 |
| Stelmok, Jerry |
Building the Maine Guide Canoe |
1980 |
| Stelmok, Jerry |
The Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga |
2002 |
| Stelmok, Jerry and Thurlow, Rollin |
The Wood And Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to Its History, Construction, Restoration, and Maintenance |
1987 |
| Stephens, William Picard |
Canoe and Boat Building
A Complete Manual for Amateurs |
1885 |
| Stephenson, Gerald F. |
John Stephenson and the Famous Peterborough Canoes
|
1987 |
| Stewart, Hugh |
Canoe Trails and Shop Tales. Making Crooked Nerves Straight |
2018 |
| Stringer, Omer |
The Canoeists Manual |
1975 |
| Sutherland, Audrey |
Paddling My Own Canoe: A Solo Adventure On the Coast of Molokai |
2018 |
| Sutherland, Audrey |
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage |
2018 |
| Van Hermet, Caroline |
The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds |
1975 |
| Vaux, C. Boyer and "Tiphys" with EC Maurer and Craig O'Donnell (editors) |
Canoe Handling * Practical Canoeing * Canoes and Canoeing: Three Essential Historical Works for Canoe and Kayak Sailors |
2023 |
| Warren, Graham |
Making Canoe Paddles in Wood |
1997 |
| Warren, Graham |
Explore Scotland's Wilderness Waterways by Canoe: a guide to paddle-and-portage-style canoe tripping |
2022 |
| Warren, Graham |
100 Canoe Paddle Designs |
2023 |
| Warren, Graham and Gidmark, David |
Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own |
2001 |
| Warren, Natalie |
Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic |
2022 |
| Wiigwaasi-Jiimaan, Anishinaabe |
Ojibwe Birch Bark Canoes |
2011 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Missinaibi: Journey to the Northern Sky (From Lake Superior to James Bay by Canoe) |
1994 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Temagami Canoe Routes |
1999 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Canoeing and Hiking Wild Muskoka: An Eco-Adventure Guide |
2003 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley: Myth, Magic and Adventure
|
2004 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Trails and Tribulations: Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder |
2009 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Grey Owl and Me: Stories From the Trail and Beyond |
2010 |
| Wilson, Hap |
Temagami: A Wilderness Paradise |
2023 |
| Wilson, Hap and Aykroyd, Stephanie |
Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba: Journey by Canoe Through the Land Where the Spirit Lives |
2004 |
| Winthrop, Theodore |
The Canoe and the Saddle |
1871 |
| Wise, Ken |
Cruise of the Blue Flujin |
1987 |
| Young, Roger |
Little things that matter: Collecting antique factory sample canoes |
2022 |