Lynn McAdams remembers his first crisis in canoe-making, back when he sold the boats on the banks of the Clark Fork River in Missoula. “I got rid of everything I had when the first oil embargo came on ...

PolyOne Corp. is stopping production of Royalex sheet — the king of custom plastics for many canoe enthusiasts — leaving almost all hull thermoformers and many paddlers up the proverbial creek without ...

ROGERS - When Louis Shaw, co-founder of Two Brothers Canoe, learned Wednesday morning that the synthetic material he uses to make his entire line of canoes might be unavailable in less than a year, he ...

In early August, Avon Lake, announced that it is closing its plants and ceasing production of Royalex, ending the era of Royalex canoes. In early August, PolyOnein Avon Lake, Ohio announced that it is ...

ROGERS, Ark.-When the supply of Royalex dried up years ago, Arkansas-based canoe makers who rely on the material found themselves up a creek without a paddle. But these days, with the help of Canadian ...

MISSOULA – Lynn McAdams remembers his first crisis in canoe-making, back when he sold the boats on the banks of the Clark Fork River. “I got rid of everything I had when the first oil embargo came on, ...