The Canoe Paddle
The canoe paddle created by Sterling North for the canoe that North built at his childhood home is displayed in the museum of the Albion Academy in Albion, Wisconsin. The canoe, unfortunately, was destroyed in the 1960s fire of Kumlien Hall.
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Famous quotes containing the words canoe and/or paddle:
“There was something refreshingly and wildly musical to my ears in the very name of the white man’s canoe, reminding me of Charlevoix and Canadian Voyageurs. The batteau is a sort of mongrel between the canoe and the boat, a fur-trader’s boat.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)