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A Celebration Compiled by Brian Back Summary
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Summary World's Largest Wood-Canvas Canoe Fleets Fleets of more than 100: Keewaydin of Temagami, Ahmek, Widjiwagan. Greatest concentrations of fleets: Algonquin Park - 6 Lake Temagami - 4 Fleets by Provinces/States: Ontario - 18, Maine - 4, Quebec - 3, Minnesota - 2, Vermont - 1 % of camps that are canoe tripping or have strong tripping emphasis: 54 % of camps with wood-canvas as over half of total fleet: 61 % of camps that run wood-canvas in whitewater: 18 % of camps that re-build wood-canvas in-house: 54 % of camps that build wood-canvas in-house: 25 Number of YMCA camps: 6 Oldest Fleets: Keewaydin of Temagami - 1894, Kanawana - 1894 Number of camps younger than 40 years: 1 TRENDS Whitewater in wood-canvas is a disappearing art. Wabun and Flying Moose, although they do whitewater in wood canoes, no longer use them on their longest and most challenging trips. Pathfinder runs only one whitewater trip. Only Keewaydin of Temagami and Darrow remain committed to unrestricted use of wood-canvas. Re-building and building is a growing art. Widjiwagan has just built a new canoe shop with donations and will be receiving the molds of Joe Seliga, the well-known Ely canoe builder. Wabun has just hired Glen Toogood, the Temagami canoe builder, as resident caretaker and builder. Keewaydin of Temagami is in the process of re-starting its re-building program. Fleet sizes will grow. Keewaydin of Temagami, Keewaydin of Vermont and Wabun have said they will increase the number of wood-canvas over the next one to two years. Fleets will decrease. Langskib, the youngest camp, has announced plans to sell its entire canvas fleet. |
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