The No. 8 race in the Maine Canoe and Kayak Racing Organization Down River Point Series drew several Maine legends.

Every summer, sailing crews gather on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay tributaries to race vintage log canoes. One wrong move and these tippy 19th-century sailboats can flip over.

“It wasn’t pretty. I looked at it and I said ‘You know what, the log is asking me to make a canoe out of it,'” Bradley explained. “I can’t leave it. I was going to walk away from it ...

It’s nearly complete but important work remains before the craft is ready for a trip down the lower Snake River as part of an annual event to connect people of the Palouse People and other tribes of ...