Recommended Canoeing Books
- Cradle to Canoe: camping and canoeing with children, by Rolf and Debra Kraiker
- Everything you need to know for canoeing and camping with children. Contains useful information on day trips close to home through to extended trips into wilderness areas of North America.
- Paddle to the Arctic, by Don Starkell
- The story of Don Starkell’s 3000-mile journey through the Northwest passage, across the top of the world braving polar bears, extreme cold and ice flows.
- Woman’s Guide to Canoeing: Gear, Clothing, Tips, Advice, by Laurie Gullion
- Explains how women can get on the water, learn basic strokes, plan river trips and more.
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking by Dennis O. Stuhaug
- A beginner’s guide.
- Canoeing and Camping by Cliff Jacobson
- How to select equipment and how to apply camping and canoeing skills with family and friends.
- The Wilderness Paddler’s Handbook by Alan S. Kesselheim
- Tells you what gear you need but also what to leave behind. Equips you to design and plan your own expedition of trips from one to one hundred days.
- KANAWA
- Canada’s Paddling Magazine details the rivers, lakes, wilderness areas and coasts of Canada that should inspire, inform and guide anyone considering a Canadian adventure
Useful Canoeing Websites
- Pat’s Whitewater Guide (http://www.zsplat.freeserve.co.uk/canoe)
- Online guides covering the Southern Alps, Northern Alps, Corsica and Norway.
- Canoe and Kayak Magazine (http://www.canoekayak.com)
- Find canoe trips, sea kayak trips, kayaking and canoeing techniques, and paddling gear reviews on this online magazine.
- Canoe France (http://www.canoe-france.com/en/index.html)
- Outfitters that detail 15 rivers, 80 routes and 500 miles of canoeing throughout France.
- British Canoe Union (http://www.bcu.org.uk)
- Details national association contacts in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and advice on how to get started, find coaching and rivers to travel.
- Canoeing and Kayaking Online (http://www.canoe.org.au)
- Australian Canoeing features a calendar of events and where to find clubs and instructors.
- Canoeing Online (http://www.canoeing.com)
- A comprehensive American portal with advice for beginners and advanced paddlers, destination trips and gear info.
- Canoe Wales (http://www.canoewales.com)
- Fantastic website that describes the lakes, rivers and canals of Wales.
- Irish Canoe Union (http://www.canoe.ie)
- Events, training courses and details on paddling in Ireland.
- Scottish Canoe Association (http://www.canoescotland.com)
- The competition, recreational, club and training options of canoeing in Scotland.
- JoJaffa Goes Canoeing (http://www.jojaffa.com/guides/canoe.htm)
- A very homely but informative guide about all things canoeing from the basics to the advanced kit and caboodle.
- Canoeing USA (http://www.canoeingusa.com)
- Provides comprehensive information about paddling throughout the USA.
- Canoe Stories (http://www.canoestories.com)
- Entertaining and informative stories by canoeists. A focus on North America but other regions also covered.
- Open Canoe Group (http://www.open-canoe.de)
- Promotes canoeing in Germany and educates about better equipment and skills.
- Solo Tripping (http://www.solotripping.com)
- The ultimate guide for the solo canoeist.
- Song of the Paddle (http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk)
- Places in the UK that can lure the keen canoeist.
- Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association (http://www.paddlingcanada.com)
- Programs, magazines and trips for the Canadian canoeist.