Canoes
Written by Stephanie Park Tuesday, 25 May 2010 00:00
Discovery Channel's, How It's Made TV series, goes inside the Wenonah Canoe factory and takes a look at how a Kevlar canoe is constructed.
Watch these two videos to learn about this interesting process. To skip through how escalators are made, fast forward five and a half minutes in the first short video.
A beautifully handcrafted birchbark canoe, called the Mino-Mashkiki, Ojibway for “good medicine,” is found in the most unusual place—the rotunda of Kitchener’s City Hall in Ontario.
All I know about the canoe is that it was built along the Grand River in 2009 and was given as a gift to the people of Kitchener from an Aboriginal organization, Healing of the Seven Generations.
The Olympic torch relay in Canada was definitely the longest in Olympic history as it travelled a distance of 45,000 kilometers throughout the country, visiting 1037 communities along the way. There were 12,000 lucky torchbearers from across Canada who travelled with the torch— runners, hockey players, First Nation chiefs, and even canoeists.
1,000 kilometers of the torch relay travelled over water and some of that distance was by canoe—quite appropriate for a country that up until quite recently (the last century or so) used canoes as a main mode of transport.
Recycle warrior and canoe builder, Shuhei Ogawara, constructs a canoe from restaurant waste.
There’s no denying the fact that sushi has become a favourite food as Japanese restaurants roll out across the urban streets of North America. But as more people bite into sashimi rolls, an incredible amount of waste is pilling up from disposable chopsticks.
Canoe trippers are well acquainted with the drudgery of portaging 25 kg canoes up steep terrain and through alder-infested bush, but to try and slog a 540 kg canoe up an escalator is for most canoeists—out of the question.
Bill Helin, a Tsimshian artist of Vancouver Island, did just that and was joined by a group of First Nation representatives, Pan Pacific chefs, and friends and family to bring the 12 metre dug-out canoe into the Pan Pacific Hotel. The canoe, named Ravensong, is to remain on display for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Kanola, a German-based canoe company, has created the perfect blend of performance and practicality with their new foldable hard shell canoe.
Read more: New Foldable Canoe: A Cause to Celebrate for Apartment Dwellers
Hudson’s Bay Company (Hbc) designers and artists have rummaged through the archives for inspiration and created a 120-piece signature collection.
Everything old is new again and fur trade history now looks chic as designer coats, comfortable ottomans, mohair throws are all designed using the traditional Hbc red, green and yellow stripes.
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