Cascadian Canoe Works

Cascadian Canoe Works Cascadian Canoe Works custom designed and built canoes and paddles. Handcrafting beautiful pieces of art that are meant to be used.

Cascadian Canoe Works (CCW) offers custom designed and meticulously crafted cedar strip canoes. Not trying to appeal to the masses here, but rather offer an alternative for paddlers that want a canoe that is both beautiful and efficient. By combing a lifetime of voyaging, years of racing, owning paddling shops and working for manufactures with working as a professional woodworker I have a thorough

grasp on both design and construction,

CCW is for those individuals interested in solo or tandem canoes designed in the pursuit of the ultimate tripping/cruising canoe. A canoe that can be used for an afternoon workout or loaded for long wilderness trip. Also offering custom CAD designs tailored to your needs. Contact me for a personalized, one of a kind canoe.

Life “up north”Winter is adding some drama to the autumn landscape now. Paddling is still fine. Drysuit season.
10/16/2022

Life “up north”
Winter is adding some drama to the autumn landscape now. Paddling is still fine. Drysuit season.

My autumn is shaping up nicely. Using the Shaman for some fall tripping and leaf peeping.
10/10/2022

My autumn is shaping up nicely. Using the Shaman for some fall tripping and leaf peeping.

I apologize for not updating this page very often. I’ve been out enjoying my neighborhood (BWCAW). Next week permit seas...
09/29/2022

I apologize for not updating this page very often.
I’ve been out enjoying my neighborhood (BWCAW). Next week permit season ends here and autumn is really putting on a show. Also it sounds like the Quetico is going to drop the Covid restrictions so maybe I can squeeze a trip in up there too. Either way I’ll be out exploring as much as I can before the snow flies. Thanks for putting up with my tardiness.😎
Here’s some of my stuff from this summer.

I just caught the end of this:
09/29/2022

I just caught the end of this:

Last night we were treated to an unexpected, brief and incredible display of aurora borealis. Around 830, the sky exploded with overhead aurora. As that faded, the camera started picking up a deep, red arc stretching from east to west in a large arc. The deep red, not visible to the naked eye, is known as a SAR arc, or sub auroral red. It was photographed as far south as Iowa last night. You just never know what you'll see in our dark, northern skies.
Surprise Aurora with SAR arc
Temperance River
Minnesota 🌲🍁
📷 September 26, 2022
(click for full image)
https://thomasjspenceimages.smugmug.com/2022

The Shaman still stunning at 6 years old
06/23/2022

The Shaman still stunning at 6 years old

Not much canoe building going on but having a blast working my butt off building my shop and still exploring and learni...
11/05/2021

Not much canoe building going on but having a blast working my butt off building my shop and still exploring and learning this area.
Some pics from recent life: cheers!

I’ve been out doing a little autumn paddling lately . The Shaman and the 50 below paddle in the BWCAW.
09/14/2021

I’ve been out doing a little autumn paddling lately . The Shaman and the 50 below paddle in the BWCAW.

I know it’s been a while since I’ve come on here and shared. Sorry, I’ve been super busy… still getting dialed in… setti...
07/31/2021

I know it’s been a while since I’ve come on here and shared. Sorry, I’ve been super busy… still getting dialed in… setting up shop and living on the edge of the BWCAW. Here’s a few pics from my recent day trips.

Continuing my hiatus from building boats to working on my shop building and immersing into to BWCAW scene. I hope to be ...
06/05/2021

Continuing my hiatus from building boats to working on my shop building and immersing into to BWCAW scene. I hope to be work on some new design ideas next winter, but until than my plate is full.

Living it.
04/08/2021

Living it.

Back out in the BWCAW the past couple days. Judging from the looks I’m getting with the only canoe on my car... I may be...
04/02/2021

Back out in the BWCAW the past couple days. Judging from the looks I’m getting with the only canoe on my car... I may be the first person paddling some of this stuff this season.

Waiting for open water here on the border lakes - BWCAW
03/31/2021

Waiting for open water here on the border lakes - BWCAW

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Ely, MN
55731

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