An international organization of builders, paddlers, and admirers of wooden and bark canoes.
Wooden Canoe
Heritage Association
The WCHA is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wooden and bark canoes, and to sharing information about canoeing heritage throughout the world.
Canadian Canoe Museum
Virtual Tour
Moving the Collection:
Behind-the-Scenes with Curator Jeremy Ward
Thursday, November 25th at 7 PM EST
Assembly 2022
42nd Annual Assembly, July 12-17th, 2022
Watch here for more info about our 2022 Assembly at Paul Smiths College, New York!
Photo Credit: Greg Nolan
Chapter Newsletters
See what WCHA members around the globe are up to!
Annual General Meeting 2021 Replay
(meeting starts at 8:57 of the video)
Wooden Canoe Heritage Association at a Glance
A Bit of Background
The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association began 40 years ago as a way to unite the wooden canoe community as well as to educate the general public about the beauty and history of these wonderful watercraft.
Owning wooden canoes is like keeping rabbits; one is lonely so you get two and then there are many!