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 ...

Though wood-and-canvas canoes look great and paddle even better, few people have bothered to build them since the early 20th century. They're not all that easy to build, and lighter, stronger ...

A Mississippi woodworker is teaching classes where students build their own traditional wooden canoes that have a Mississippi flavor.

Nick Offerman Time to build over evenings and weekends: 4 months Cost: About $2,000 This article originally appeared in the May 2014 issue of Popular Science.

Paula and Randy Cooper pose by their hand-built canoe as it begins to take shape on a wooden frame. The Coopers incorporated light and dark redwood and black walnut to make the wood-strip patterns ...