Canoes

Lexan Canoe

Written by Neil Wright Friday, 08 April 2011 00:00

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Smoky Lake, Alberta man, Scott Adamson, takes his new invention for a test paddle.

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Story by Shauna Burke from the St. Paul Journal at www.spjournal.com.

A dream came true at the St. Paul Aquatic Centre when Smoky Lake’s Scott Adamson tested a glass canoe he designed and manufactured on March 25.

Photo by Shauna Burke, St. Paul Journal

“To see my nephews and nieces in the water under the canoe was quite a thrill,” said Adamson. To finally be able to launch the canoe that he has dedicated 23 years of his life to creating was “the highlight of my life,” he said.

The name of Adamson’s company is Clearly Canadian Canoe Company. With the financial assistance and advice from the Community Futures, he now holds a patent on the design and a licensed trade name.

“The name of the canoe is the See View,” said Paul Pelletier, general manager for Community Futures St. Paul, Smoky Lake region. “There are glass bottom boats everywhere but no one has ever built a glass bottom canoe, so through his design patent it will be very difficult for anyone to reproduce what he’s got.”

Adamson credits the success of the project to the support he got from Community Futures and to his wife Brenda Adamson for her emotional support and paper work expertise.

The canoes are constructed from Lexan which is similar to Plexiglas. Adamson said it is a great material for the canoe because, “you can smash it all day long with a sledge hammer,” and it will not break. He added that it is also very clear. “It’s so clear that when you are in the canoe, it looks like you are standing on air,” he said.

Read more about Scott Adamson and his new canoe at www.spjournal.com.