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The manufacture of synthetic canoes enjoyed a boost from the increase in interest in human-powered outdoor recreation in the 1960s and 1970s, activities that also included bicycling and cross-country skiing.
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Synthetic Canoe in the Rapids
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Canoes: A Natural History in North America
by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims
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Canoes became more and more lightweight, which helped make them easier on the portages and on tops of vehicles; some of the new materials also were tough enough to run rapids.
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History
Cultural Studies
Literature
Native American Studies
Regional Studies
Related Section
Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement
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Wenonah Canoe Company
synthetic
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photograph
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Citable Link
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Wenonah Canoe, Inc.
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in-copyright
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non-exclusive, world-wide, perpetual
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Courtesy of Wenonah Canoe, Inc.
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Wenonah Canoe, Inc.
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