Canoeist Collection

Wales, Gwynedd, Bala. White water kayaking on the Tryweryn River at the National Whitewater Centre

An Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through the marsh, Kotzebue, Alaska, c. 1929 (b/w photo)
7315335 An Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through the marsh, Kotzebue, Alaska, c.1929 (b/w photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

'Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 23rd 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour)
7295636 'Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 23rd 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour) by Fanshawe

Hunter and Indian Guide, 1869 (oil on canvas)
XOS5882164 Hunter and Indian Guide, 1869 (oil on canvas) by Woodhouse, C.L. (19th century); 64.5x78.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by C. L. Woodhouse).

The Prince of Wales in a dugout boat on the Zambezi River (b/w photo)
8635677 The Prince of Wales in a dugout boat on the Zambezi River (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Stone Age: up the River (colour litho)
8656878 The Stone Age: up the River (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: up the River)

Hawaiian natives rowing a twin prowed canoe
3480326 Hawaiian natives rowing a twin prowed canoe; (add.info.: Hawaiian natives rowing a twin prowed canoe; By John Webber (1751 - 1793)

View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite (Tahiti), 1772-75 (oil on panel)
7295311 View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite (Tahiti), 1772-75 (oil on panel) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 24x47 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Waterfall in Dusky Bay with a Maori canoe, 18th century (oil on panel)
7295307 Waterfall in Dusky Bay with a Maori canoe, 18th century (oil on panel) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 27.6x35.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

'Indians at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, July 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour)
7295633 'Indians at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, July 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour) by Fanshawe, Admiral Sir Edward Gennys (1814-1906); 12.6x17.8 cm; National Maritime Museum

Model of a Caribou Inuit (Arctic) kayak, 19th century (wood, skin, leather)
7295460 Model of a Caribou Inuit (Arctic) kayak, 19th century (wood, skin, leather); 9.7x12x11.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The Berthon Folding Canoe, 1850
3330886 The Berthon Folding Canoe, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of the Berthon Folding Canoe designed by The Rev. E. L. Berthon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A canoe being used by Island Caribs, 1850
3330590 A canoe being used by Island Caribs, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a canoe being used by Island Caribs, an indigenous peoples of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean)

Bungalow of Sir James Brooke, Sarawak, Borneo (engraving)
8676565 Bungalow of Sir James Brooke, Sarawak, Borneo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bungalow of Sir James Brooke, Sarawak, Borneo)

Contest with a hippopotamus (litho)
8641478 Contest with a hippopotamus (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Contest with a hippopotamus)

C for canoeist (chromolitho)
8677318 C for canoeist (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: C for canoeist. Boy with a canoe paddle by a lake or river)

Fishing in the Andaman Islands, India (colour litho)
8663572 Fishing in the Andaman Islands, India (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing in the Andaman Islands, India)

Evening on the Ausable River 1875 (Oil on canvas)
8766646 Evening on the Ausable River 1875 (Oil on canvas) by Parton, Arthur (1842-1914); 116.2x92.4 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art .

Erebus' and 'Terror' in New Zealand, August 1841, c.1847 (oil on canvas)
7295296 Erebus' and 'Terror' in New Zealand, August 1841, c.1847 (oil on canvas) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68); 122.7x183.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

'Victoria Settlement, Vancouver Island, Augt 13th 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour)
7295637 'Victoria Settlement, Vancouver Island, Augt 13th 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour) by Fanshawe, Admiral Sir Edward Gennys (1814-1906); 17.5x25.7 cm; National Maritime Museum

A war canoe of New Zealand, 1770 (engraving, etching)
7295527 A war canoe of New Zealand, 1770 (engraving, etching) by Parkinson, Sydney (c.1745-71); 27.5x22.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A canoe, 1850
3330651 A canoe, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a canoe, a lightweight narrow boat, typically pointed at both ends and open on top)

A canoe, 1850
3330647 A canoe, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a canoe, a lightweight narrow boat, typically pointed at both ends and open on top)

The End of the Day, Adirondacks, 1890 (w/c on ivory wove paper)
5859657 The End of the Day, Adirondacks, 1890 (w/c on ivory wove paper) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: by Winslow Homer).

Banks of the Bievre between Bourg-la-Reine and L'Hay-les-Roses, 1907 (postcard)
7424098 Banks of the Bievre between Bourg-la-Reine and L'Hay-les-Roses, 1907 (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info)

Muscovite robbers carrying a canoe overland on their way to commit a crime
3330659 Muscovite robbers carrying a canoe overland on their way to commit a crime; (add.info.: Engraving of Muscovite robbers carrying a canoe overland on their way to commit a crime)

Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement
3506054 Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement, pub

Bougival: Quai Sganzin, Yvelines, France, 1906 (postcard)
PCT4288088 Bougival: Quai Sganzin, Yvelines, France, 1906 (postcard); (add.info.: Bougival (Yvelines - 78 - Ile de France): Quai Sganzin

Cactus, Camel, Camp-stool, Cam-wheel, Canal, Candle, Candy, Cannon, Canoe, Canteen, Cant-hook, Capsize (engraving)
8651749 Cactus, Camel, Camp-stool, Cam-wheel, Canal, Candle, Candy, Cannon, Canoe, Canteen, Cant-hook, Capsize (engraving) by German School

An aboriginal canoe coming to meet the schooner 'Tom Tough', August 28, 1855
MMM5460253 An aboriginal canoe coming to meet the schooner 'Tom Tough', August 28, 1855, during the British expedition in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Australia); National Maritime Museum

View in Dusky Bay with a Maori canoe, 18th century (oil on panel)
7295306 View in Dusky Bay with a Maori canoe, 18th century (oil on panel) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 27.5x35.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

'Deer Island, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 15th 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour)
7295635 'Deer Island, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 15th 1851 [Canada]', 1851 (watercolour) by Fanshawe

Portrait Cove, Beagle Channel, 1878 (watercolour)
7295564 Portrait Cove, Beagle Channel, 1878 (watercolour) by Martens, Conrad (1801-78); 19.4x29.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: In Montevideo near the end of 1833)

A drawing entitled, 'Northwest American Canoe' in a sketchbook by John Webber, 1773-77 (pen & ink)
7295528 A drawing entitled, 'Northwest American Canoe' in a sketchbook by John Webber, 1773-77 (pen & ink, black & wash) by Webber, John (1750-93); 11.5x20.6 cm; National Maritime Museum

Plates of Captain Cook Voyages, Volume I. A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End foreland
7295526 Plates of Captain Cook Voyages, Volume I. A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End foreland, 1770 (engraving, etching) by Parkinson

Fishing with spears, Tahiti (colour litho)
8663560 Fishing with spears, Tahiti (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing with spears on the island of Tahiti)

Grand canoe reception given to the Prince of Wales on the St. Lawrence, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Grand canoe reception given to the Prince of Wales on the St. Lawrence, 1860. Ten canoes...prettily painted and decorated, and each manned by twelve Indians of the Iriquois tribe

The Prince of Wales in Canada - the Lumberers Regatta, Ottawa... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in Canada - the Lumberers Regatta, Ottawa - from a sketch by our special artist, G. H. Andrews, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America

Water-Hunting for Deer: a Night Scene on the River Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Water-Hunting for Deer: a Night Scene on the River Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, 1857. Another instance of the revolver principle applied to the rifle is in what is called "water hunting" in

On the Black River near South Haven, Mich. between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
On the Black River near South Haven, Mich. between 1890 and 1901

Two Indian guides(?) standing, and two women seated...Sault Sainte Marie region of Michigan, 1903
Two Indian guides(?) standing, and two women seated, in canoe, in the Sault Sainte Marie region of Michigan, 1903

Paper Canoe, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1990
Peter Lowe of Towan Blystra Venture Scout Unit, in his paper canoe made out of Cornish Guardians. The County Venture Scouts held a camping weekend in Lostwithiel where the resin reinforced boats were

Figure of a boy on a boat at dusk on Mar Lodj island, Senegal

Group of people kayaking, Tsigrado, Milos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

New York, Minisink Ford, Delaware river canoeing and autumn colors
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Maine, Belfast, canoes at Belfast Bay

Rhode Island, Newport, seaside views

Colombia, Sucre, fishing boats in Tolu

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"Exploring the Serene Waters of Wales: Canoeists in Gwynedd and Bala" Embark on a picturesque journey through the enchanting landscapes of Wales, as canoeists gracefully navigate their way through the tranquil waters. In this captivating scene, reminiscent of an Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through the marshes of Kotzebue, Alaska in 1929, we witness the timeless allure of canoeing. Transport yourself to Ambon in 1617 with a view that could have been captured on canvas - only this time it is real. The paper canoe glides effortlessly along Lostwithiel's charming Cornwall shores in June 1990, showcasing both nature's beauty and human ingenuity. From Ireland's Howth Lighthouse to Bavaria's Forggensee Lake, these intrepid kayakers conquer waterways across continents. Feel your heart race as you join them shooting rapids down Saguenay River or marvel at Winslow Homer's iconic depiction from 1905-10. As our adventure continues, we find ourselves immersed in Sweden's Marieberg and Italy's Florence along River Arno. Witness people reveling in the joyous sport of kayaking while basking in Stockholm County’s stunning scenery or explore Tuscany’s breathtaking landscapes from a unique perspective. Finally, let us not forget Spain’s Balearic Islands where canoes glide near Cala Mitjana – a true paradise for water enthusiasts seeking solace amidst crystal-clear Mediterranean waters. Whether you are an experienced paddler or simply yearn for tranquility amidst nature’s wonders, these images capture the essence of exploration and serenity that awaits all who dare to embark on their own canoeing adventures. So grab your paddle and set sail into uncharted territories – discover new horizons with every stroke.