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New Snowshoe History
A Historical Perspective of Snowshoes
Perhaps thousands of years before people invented the wheel, a nomadic hunter looked out of his...
A Few U.S. Artisans Keep Traditional Snowshoes a Tradition
The word “artisan” is defined online by Merriam-Webster as “a worker who practices a trade or...
Celebrating a Century of the Puffy Coat
Puffy coats are a near-ubiquitous part of a snowshoer’s kit, worn not only on the trail but also...
Snowshoeing at Bear Brook State Park, NH Courtesy of the CCC
Winter’s cold temperatures and abundant snow give Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New...
Snowshoes For More Weighty Creatures!
We all enjoy putting our snowshoes on, stepping out into that deep powder, plodding away and...
Use Of Snowshoes In The First Crossing of Greenland
The Norwegian legend, Fridtjof Nansen, and five companions became the first people in history to...
Robert Rogers and the 1757 Battle on Snowshoes
On January 21, 1757, a French and Indian unit got the drop on Robert Rogers and his rangers.
Snowshoe Makers and Manufacturers That Were
Sherpa, Snocraft, and other and other snowshoe makers from the recent and not so recent past.
Snowshoes and the Canadian First Nations
Snowshoes and the Canadian First Nations are indelibly linked. From their earliest form, snowshoes...
Connecting to Lineage: Crossing Paths on My Ojibwa Snowshoes
My great, great-grandmother on my father’s side of the family was Angelique Beaudoin (pronounced bo...