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Mike Elliott

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Born

London, Ontario, Canada

Website

http://www.thisoldcanoe.com/

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CanoeGuyBC

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Nonfiction, Sports

Member Since

February 2016

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While working with youth-at-risk in 1994, Mike and a colleague helped a group of boys build epoxy/cedar canoes before taking the group on a canoe trip. Soon afterwards, he was given a rotting wood-canvas canoe to restore. What started as a weekend hobby developed into the birth of Kettle River Canoes in 2003. The business started in the basement of the family home and soon expanded into a 900 square-foot workshop in 2004. KRC became a stand-alone operation in 2012 with 3.200 square-feet of space for displays, office, woodwork shop, finishing room and storage. Mike is now retired and refers clients to another canoe artisan.

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This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe

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How To Build Cradles (Display Stands) for Wood-Canvas Canoes

by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes
email: artisan@canoeshop.ca

Once you’ve got your canoe out of the shed for the season, you’ll need some way of supporting it off the ground when it is not on the water. I can still hear my father saying, in no uncertain terms, “The bottom of this canoe touches two things: AIR and WATER”. One of the most convenient support systems is a pair of canoe cradles.

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Mike Elliott wrote a new blog post How To Build Cradles (Display Stands) for Wood-Canvas Canoes by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoesemail: artisan@canoeshop.caOnce you’ve got your canoe out of the shed for the season, you’ll need some way of supp Read more of this blog post »
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