The Old Town Canoe Company

Old Town Canoe Company has been in operation for over 100 years, crafting quality canoes and kayaks and accessories. The company is still in operation in Old Town, Maine, and has employed several generations of canoe makers from the town and surrounding area.

Old Town is a small town in Penobscot County, Maine. The Old Town Canoe Company has given it the name Canoe Town. In the summer, the town celebrates its historical heritage with a Canoe Hullabaloo festival, and Old Town Canoe is a big part of the festival.

The first Old Town Canoes had a canvas cover over a wood framework, making them lighter than the Native American canoes they were modeled after. Since then, the canvas cover has been replaced first by fiberglass and more recently with modern polycarbonate materials. Old Town Canoe Company has a heritage of producing high quality, well crafted canoes and kayaks.

Old Town canoes last forever and are sometimes handed down in families. The Old Town Canoe Company can help you trace the history of older canoes, as they maintained records of canoe ownership until the 1980's.

You can still buy beautiful, classic wooden Old Town canoes that you'll want to hand down to your children. You can also get specialized canoes and wonderfully safe, wide, flat-bottomed family canoes that you'll feel comfortable taking your little ones out in. You can even mount a motor or power paddle on some canoes.

If you are looking for quality and craftsmanship in a canoe, if you want a canoe that will last a lifetime, look for an Old Town Canoe.