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This article is about the North American definition. For the European definition, see
kayak. For the sport, see
canoeing. For other uses, see
Canoe (disambiguation).
A B. N. Morris wood-and-canvas canoe built in 1910
A canoe (
North American English) or Canadian canoe (
British English) is a small narrow
boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over (i.e. covered, similar to a
kayak).
In its human-powered form, the canoe is propelled by the use of
paddles, usually by two people. Paddlers face in the direction of travel, either seated on supports in the
hull, or kneeling directly upon the hull. Paddling can be contrasted with
rowing, where the rowers usually face away from the direction of travel and use mounted oars (though a wide canoe can be fitted with
oarlocks and rowed). Paddles may be single-bladed or double-bladed.
The oldest recovered canoe in the world is the canoe of (the Netherlands). According to This canoe is exhibited in the
Drents Museum in
Assen, Netherlands.
Sailing canoes (see
Canoe sailing) are propelled by means of a variety of sailing rigs. Common classes of modern sailing canoes include the 5 m² and the International 10 m² Sailing canoes. The latter is otherwise known as the International Canoe, and is one of the fastest and oldest competitively sailed boat classes in the western world. The
log canoe of the
Chesapeake Bay is in the modern sense not a canoe at all, though it evolved through the enlargement of
dugout canoes.
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