Notice: The main website is down.

Since about March 1, 2011, the web hosting service for our website has been down and the website has been unavailable. I have now given up trying to get it back online and will be working towards a new service.

For now this blog is all the web presence that I have available for Red River Canoe & Paddle.

To answer the main question that I have been asked since the web hosting service stopped, YES! I am still in operation!

I apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Why Blog?

I want to be able to share with my clients the progress of their commissioned work. Later I started thinking that there might be other people who are interested in what goes on inside a wooden canoe shop operated by an artist and a recovering teacher.


This blog was started in October 2008, so there is plenty of material here for you to browse.

Lots of stuff goes on in this shop, located in Lorette, Manitoba. Primarily it's the building and repair of classic wood & canvas canoes, and the making of premium canoe paddles. I also do custom boat building, composite fabrication, and special projects. A growing passion of mine is the making of classical guitars, I'll post about that, too.

In addition, I attended the University of Manitoba School of Art where I did a pre-masters degree majoring in painting. I'll be posting about my art efforts here as well.

Contact me at: rrcp@mts.net or by phone 204.878.2524

Friday, 27 January, 2012

I had about an hour left at the end of yesterday before I closed the shop for the day. I had put the final coat of paint on the new Cruiser and couldn't risk making dust, not now! What to do? I decided to continue cutting out the pegbox for the Viola da Gamba that I have been working on. So now most of the wood has been removed and the refining is left. Once this is done I can fit it to the garland, which is what the assembled sides are called before the top and back are on. After it has been fitted I can continue work on the back and top.



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