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Canoe Quotes

Adventurous lines on rivers, wilderness, and paddling

This collection gathers canoe quotes from long wilderness trips, early hunting mornings, and quiet moments of paddling far from civilisation. For related lines, see our adventure quotes collection.

My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia years ago. Believe it or not, we took only granola, thinking we'd be eating a lot of lake trout. Well, we neglected...

Quotes by Will Hobbs

Just to see if I liked vlogging, I uploaded a video of my sister and I cleaning up a river in a canoe for Earth Day. The sound was horrible, and the quality was horrible... But you have to blog...

Quotes by Rosanna Pansino

Since the summer days of my Canadian childhood, I have loved to canoe across the dark mirror of northern lakes, paddling with an inside flick of the blade, leaving a trail of twisting whirlpools in my wake.

Quotes by Rory MacLean

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

Quotes by Ranulph Fiennes

Adventure Quotes

It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.

Quotes by John Millington Synge

I was a hunter and fisherman, and many a time I have slipped out into the woods and prairies at 4 a.m. and brought home plenty of game, or have gone in a canoe to the cove and brought back...

Quotes by Jay Cooke

I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and the wilderness, you know, that I always knew was in my soul to begin with.

Quotes by Gordon Lightfoot

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of...

Quotes by David Suzuki

I learned to canoe at summer camp and thought I'd pursue Olympic whitewater canoeing. In my senior year of high school, I instead decided to attend M.I.T. I like to say I've had only two jobs in my life: whitewater...

Quotes by Colin Angle

Always Quotes

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents.

Quotes by C. S. Forester

Frequently Asked Questions

What experiences do these canoe quotes describe?
They describe multi-day wilderness trips, early hunting and fishing outings, and modern river cleanups, all centered on canoeing.
Is there a quote about a long wilderness trip?
Yes, one recalls a ten-day canoe trip through a provincial park in British Columbia taken with a sibling years earlier.
Does any quote connect canoeing to environmental action?
Yes, one describes canoeing down a river specifically to clean it up as part of an Earth Day project.
Is canoeing linked to a sense of history in any quote?
Yes, one describes the canoe as a model that has served primitive races since people first went to sea.
Where can I read more outdoor-themed quotes?
Browse our adventure quotes collection for more on wilderness and exploration.

One more recent quote describes canoeing a river for an Earth Day cleanup, showing how the canoe still connects people to nature today. Also see our believe quotes page.