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                         Click on the images above to enlarge and view in a new tab. Mike McCrea shares his love for his 2004 Odyssey 14 and some stories behind his boat. Mike is a master story teller (read his blog entries to see for yourself!), and we appreciate him sharing his stories in such detail. Read below to learn about Mike and his Odyssey 14: "The Mohawk Odyssey 14 is my favorite steam and creek canoe, especially for occasionally shallow water gravel bars. I tell people “It’ll float across a dew lawn”, and it proved it on the very first...

Click the images to enlarge and view in a separate widow.                        Mike McCrea is a canoe refurbisher extraordinaire and a mystery canoe sleuth. He loves finding canoes of unknown origin and researching to find out their story, and he has rehabbed many canoes, including this beautiful 1984 Whitewater which he has completely repaired and repainted. In trying to learn the story about this particular canoe, Mike reached out to us and he came to the conclusion that it is a 1984 Mohawk Whitewater. Read below to learn more about this canoe's journey in Mike's words. To see Mike's...

     Click on the images above to enlarge and open in a new window. Bill Raymond, of Presque Isle, Maine shared these pictures and stories of his 1983 Royalex Whitewater canoe: I have owned my Mohawk since circa 1987; having purchased it from a local guide/outfitter, who had used these canoes for several years.  I am assuming he had bought it new?  Originally, the canoe was red. The thwarts were round aluminum. Seats were also aluminum, and with aluminum deck-plates (bow & stern).  My modifications over the years (as you can see from the attached pictures) include: -          First, I painted...

Click image above to enlarge and open in new window. Scott shared an awesome action photo of him in his Rodeo and described his passion for Mohawk boats and for giving new life to fatigued boats: "I saw this on your website when I was looking up dimensions on some old boats.  I've owned several Mohawks - Viper 12, 2 flat water fiberglass canoes, and currently a Probe 12 and the pictured Rodeo. I once bought a trailer load of Intrepids from Montreal college that they had worn out (and replacing) - I fixed them up and sold them to friends...

Click image above to enlarge and open in new window Gene Garrett shares the story behind his Mohawk Blazer: "17’ 8” of Mohawk beauty purchased from High Trails Canoes in Dallas, Texas summer 1979! The paddles I have are Mohawk bought with the canoe. Beautiful and durable fiberglass that only now needs Kevlar skid pads. I’m considering refurbishing and setting new custom cut Mohawk decals."