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Definition: Canoe from The Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in Marine Environments

A boat that is open on top and pointed at the bow and stern. It is propelled by the user with a one-bladed paddle. Canoes can be used recreationally by tourists on bays and oceans. Like other boats, canoes have a hull, keel, gunwales, thwarts and a stern.

Related internet sources

Canadian Canoe Museum: http://www.canoemuseum.net

International Canoe Federation: http://www.canoeicf.com

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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘnō'), long, narrow watercraft with sharp ends originally used by most peoples. It is usually propelled by means of paddles, although sails and, more recently, outboard motors are also used. The canoe varies in material according to locality and in design according to the use made of it. In North America, where horses were not generally used and where the interlocking river systems were unusually favorable, the canoe in its various types was highly developed. Where large logs were available, it took the form of the hollowed-out log, or dugout, especially on the N Pacific coast, where immense trees grew at the water's edge, where an intricate archipelago invited navigation in ocean waters, and where the tribes came to depend to a large extent upon sea life for their food supply. A semiseafaring culture developed there, and the great canoes of the Haida and Tlingit tribes, with high, decorated prows, capable of carrying 30 to 50 people, began to resemble the boats of Viking culture. On…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘnō'), long, narrow watercraft with sharp ends originally used by most peoples. It is usually propelled by means of paddles, although sails and, more recently, outboard motors are also used. The canoe varies in material according to locality and in design according to the use made of it. In North…
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Full text Article canoeing

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
sport of propelling a canoe through water. John MacGregor, an English barrister and founder of the Royal Canoe Club (est. 1865), is generally credited with being the initiator of modern sport canoeing. Between 1849 and 1869, MacGregor wrote a number of popular books describing his experiences on…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Lightweight boat pointed at both ends and propelled by one or more paddles. The earliest canoes had light frames of wood covered by tightly stretched tree bark. The birchbark canoe was first used by the Algonquian Indians in what is now the northeastern U.S. and Canada, and its use passed westward. …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sport of propelling a lightweight, shallow boat, pointed at both ends, by paddles. Present-day canoes are made from fibreglass, but original boats were of wooden construction covered in bark or skin. Canoeing was popularized as a sport in the 19th century, although canoes have been in use for…
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From The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
originally a small open boat which, by definition, was used by primitive nations. During the 17th–18th centuries the native craft seen by those involved in the exploration by sea of the Pacific and other areas were also called canoes, though some found in the Pacific were, and are, remarkably large…
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From The Macquarie Dictionary
any light and narrow boat that is propelled by one or more paddles in place of oars. Plural: canoes Internet a conversation on Twitter which attracts more and more people until it is in danger of being swamped. verb (i) /k7'nu/, /kuh'nooh/ canoed, canoeing to paddle a canoe. canoes, canoeing, canoed…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Use of a canoe or kayak for recreation or competition. Both types of boat are used in water touring, in speed competitions, and in white-water sport, or navigation through rapids (which includes, in the case of kayaks, ocean surf). The Scottish philanthropist John MacGregor (1825–1892) is…
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Full text Article General Clinton Canoe Regatta

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
Originally a re-creation of the historic trip down the Susquehanna River by General James Clinton during the Revolutionary War, this well-known canoe regatta now has three divisions, one for professionals and two for amateurs, based on the type of canoe used. The professional race, which has gained…
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Full text Article paddle one's own canoe

From Useful Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins
The word canoe goes back to the days of Columbus and comes from Haitian canoa , originally a small boat hollowed out from a tree trunk. The expression paddle one's own canoe means to be independent, to make one's own decisions, to be self-sufficient. The phrase goes back to the early 19th century…
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From Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism
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