The “Aura” is a bright finished canoe we built originally for Christine’s grandmother’s husband who was part of the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division in WWII.  He only had a chance to use it a couple of times before he passed on. It is technically for sale but we continue to use it with our kids.

Primary woods are western red cedar and eastern white pine with ash, curly maple and black walnut accents. Fittings are brass and silicon bronze.

The Chestnut Canoe Company built this “workhorse of the North” to meet the specific needs of the prospector – good maneuverability through whitewater and wilderness, with capacity to carry substantial loads. The 16? Prospector features a flattened, shallow arch hull with its fullness carried into the bow and stern, good depth amidships to maintain freeboard and deepened ends to keep paddlers and gear dry. The rockered keel-line makes it very maneuverable in whitewater. It is the ideal all-round canoe.

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