If nothing else, I'm ambitious enough to try to build a canoe from scratch. This is a broad overview of how I built a cedar canvas canoe in the style of The Atkinson Traveller, a design by Rollin Thurlow and Jerry Stelmok. They have co-written the book "The Wood and Canvas Canoe" which is the go-to book for anyone interested in learning more or building the actual canoe. The book is interesting enough to read for the content alone.