Bear Mountain Boat: Blog

In May of this year, Bear Mountain Boats made a big leap from Peterborough to Westport, Ontario. It's turned out to be the right decision, with a ...

Ted is probably most widely known for his books, particularly Canoecraft. However, he's also contributed writing to a number of periodicals and ...

 All through the winter, Ted worked hard on a series of several C15s. That effort is paying off now as the finished war canoes ship out to clubs...

One of the hard parts of relocating from Peterborough to Westport is leaving behind such a rich local history of boatbuilding. Peterborough is th...

 Senobe Aquatic Club of Dartmouth, NS  Hockey looms large in the popular imagination, but canoe-based sprint racing may actually hold the record f...

Most paddlers would agree that canoeing lends itself to photography. Yet even in a crowded field, Goh Iromoto's films stand out as something ...

 After finishing the Canoecraft Workshop Series we realized we liked making videos, but our how-to quota was met for the time being. Coincidentall...

Bear Mountain Boats is proud to tick being on a podcast off our bucket list! MakerCast: The Podcast for Makers recently shared a long-form interv...

  Back in May, we shot some footage at one of our building workshops. We hoped it would result in a few tips and tricks we could share that week ...

  Left, the Peterborough farmhouse; right, our new home in Westport   Over the course of our 40+ years working together, Ted and I have relocated...

We count ourselves very lucky to have a friend like Nick Offerman. He has built himself a triple-barrelled career as an actor, writer, and woodwo...

  We’ve seen lots of canoe building videos, and made quite a few ourselves. Terms and techniques that sound arcane on the page often turn out to b...