What is a cedar-strip canoe, anyway? The basic idea behind a cedar-strip canoe is to make a hull of narrow wood strips, each one glued to the next with ordinary carpenter’s glue, and then cover ...

A business that manufactures wooden canoe and kayak paddles can be established right from a homebased garage workshop, and requires only a small investment into woodworking equipment to get going.

One St. Joseph resident didn’t know what he was getting himself into when he received a call to take a look at a canoe, less than a year ago. Greg Hatten, who calls himself a ‘boat fanatic’, was on a ...