Are you, like Amy Poehler and anybody who knows anything, ultra pissed that national treasure Nick Offerman was not nominated for an Emmy? Well, a good way to get that anger out is to watch a ...

Regardless of which playstyle you’ve chosen, it’ll only be a few minutes before you likely build your first boat. Just look for a small alter that has steps leading up to a conch shell-shaped opening.

“So you’re starting to see what I mean about all the sanding?” says Ron Pellinen, my wooden canoe-building mentor, when I walk into his shop on a brisk March morning in Northern Ontario. Perched on an ...

Builders use a traditional burn method with fire as the primary shaping tool before final carving.

When most people think of canoes, they probably envision a standard wooden canoe floating peacefully in a lake. However, students at BYU have done the impossible and built something completely ...

In a carving shed in Sitka National Historical Park, a team of five well-known carvers are continuing, and reviving, an art practiced since time immemorial — carving a wooden dugout canoe from the ...

Take a week out of the summer to build your own canoe on the shores of Squam Lake.The Squam Lakes Association is offering its Fox Boat Building Class this Aug. 17 to 23.Renowned boat builder Bill ...

Erik Simula embodies leadership by nature — natural leadership qualities conducted in the natural world. It began with his Finnish upbringing on a small family farm near Duluth. His exposure to ...