Shoutout your local whitewater boat builder

Robin, I’d like to think his nice wooden paddle was safely tucked away in the boat so it didn’t get broken. Lol

LizardFlip said:

I would like to make a list of every business or maker who is actively manufacturing new whitewater canoes in 2025. Any material, any location, just has to be designed for whitewater. Extra points if they're a small business. I will begin this list with some companies confirmed active.

Esquif
Silverbirch
Blackfly
Millbrook
Empty
Novacraft
Echo

Please add!

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If you are considering C1 decked canoes, add River Elf. They make composite C1s and kayaks.

clemency said:

Would hate to trip in a playboat/creekboat. And I question their relevance here. Might as well talk about kayaks.

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Whitewater play and creek canoes are not designed for wilderness tripping. And vice versa. That's why so many of us have multiple canoes.

Notwithstanding the name of this site, which Willis Brown chose from limited available alternatives in 2011, only a small minority of posts and threads here have ever been about overnight wilderness tripping—and no paddling forum could possibly survive with such a limited focus. Hence, discussion of all canoes and canoeing waters are welcome here. As our site welcome message has said for a long time:

"Whether your canoe trip is 30 days in the wilderness or 30 minutes around a pond, you can talk about it here. And you can talk about any of the related topics in the rich list of forums."

This thread is properly posted in, and is directly on topic for, our Whitewater forum.