A lifetime collection of over 200 books about canoes, canoeing and river adventures around the world plus full sets of maps and other information about canoeing the:  Connecticut, Housatonic, Northern Forest, Charles MA, Edisto NC, Allagash & St. John ME rivers, and the Thelon Wilderness Area in Canada, the Everglades and the Erie Canal.

     Sample titles include:

          Ultimate North, Canoeing Mackenzie's Great River - 1700 Miles

          Down the Tiber and Up to  Rome

          Canoeing Skills and Canoe Expedition Technique For Teachers and Leaders        

          The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

The donor of this collection is an avid paddler, a friend of NFCT, and one of the early canoeists on the Trail. 

If you consider yourself a paddling connoisseur, love the art and science of paddling and canoe travel, this incredible collection should be yours.  

These books have not been sitting in boxes but have been displayed and cared for in a home library setting.