A worker builds one of the original wood-framed canoes in the early days of Old Town. In 1857 Henry David Thoreau and a guide from New England’s Penobscot Nation, Joseph Polis, took a round-trip canoe ...

The NEXT is the next (see what they did there?) evolution of canoes that are propelled with a double-bladed paddle. Actually, it could just as well been called the Throwback, back to the 1880s and the ...

OLD TOWN, Maine — The historic hub for one of Maine’s most recognizable brands faces an uncertain future, but the legacy of the Old Town Canoe factory thrives in the memories, stories and photographs ...

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Old Town Canoe employees gather for a group photo before heading out on Gilman Falls Avenue. (Courtesy of Old Town Canoe) OLD TOWN — Old Town Canoe, headquartered in Old Town, and part of the Johnson ...