Building your own canoe is great fun! It only took us about three
weeks to build ours, and it can be done in one week actually. They
are made from eastern red cedar, from British Columbia. The long
boards are cut on different saws to get 16 feet long strips, which are
then glued to each other and stapled to the stations. Then they are
spoke-shaved, sanded and finally fiberglass cloth with epoxy resin is
applied. Basically the same process is repeated inside. With that
done, the inwells and outwells are installed, lift handles, seats and
finally the carrying yoke. At the end the whole thing is varnished to
protect the epoxy resin from UV light.
Well, we also need a paddle...
After our first canoe, which was made in 1993, my dad and I have built dozens of these. Like I said; it's great fun, and they even float sometimes!
For more information and people you can contact if you have questions, check out the below web site. I personally recommend Ron Frenette (at Canadian Canoes), Roger Foster (at Carlisle Canoe Company) and Ted Moors (at Bear Mountain Boat Shop).