Outdoors: Wisconsin canoe museum reopens
24.05.11
SPOONER, Wis. -- They may be considered as simply hand-powered
and silent transport vessels, but canoes are also beautifully
crafted works of waterproof art.
Before sturdy, inexpensive aluminum canoes became the norm
following World War II -- thanks to advances in technology spurred
by the wartime aircraft industry -- canoes were built from wood,
mostly cedar and spruce.
Now the wooden canoe gets its due at a small museum in
northwestern Wisconsin that reopens for its second season on
Memorial Day weekend.
More than two dozen historical and handsome wooden canoes are on
display at the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum where visitors can
look up to see canoes hanging from the ceiling and look down to
examine the undersides courtesy of well-placed mirrors.
Source: Madison.com
Canoeing teen's drowning death in Huron River holds a lesson for others
23.02.50
As they got closer to the base of the dam on the Huron River in Milford, Jeff Tautolo noticed the water was turning white.
The 17-year-old had second thoughts about getting closer. But he and his best friend, John Przydatek, 16, continued until it was too late to turn back. The power of the water was more than they bargained for Saturday afternoon.
The teens, on a camping trip with a church group, just wanted to go near the base so one could touch the water coming over the dam with his oar. Signs warn of danger in the area, but Jeff said the waterfall didn't look dangerous.
Soon, Jeff knew they were in trouble.
The canoe flipped. They started spinning with the boat like clothes in a dryer.
Source: Detroit Free Press
A paddling teacher: Longtime kayaker to teach his 27th annual whitewater ...
29.05.11
Bill Scarborough has been paddling whitewater long enough to have witnessed the sport's evolution from aluminum canoes to the latest in cutting-edge kayaks.
His friends call him Billy Bob. He just turned 68, and even though his paddling resume includes the likes of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and the Gauley River in West Virginia, he is perhaps best known as a gifted whitewater instructor with a special talent for working with beginners.
Just as he has for the past 26 years, Scarborough will teach at this summer's kayaking clinic hosted by the East Tennessee Whitewater Club, the oldest active paddling club in the state.
One of his co-instructors will be Ariana Beste, coordinator of the upcoming whitewater clinic.
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
