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CANOEING AND

KAYAKING
 Canoeing and Kayaking are two
floating crafts that may take
anyone to places in the water that
are even difficult to access by any
KAYA CANO
KING EING
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
KAYAKS AND CANOES?

KAYAK has a CANOE is


covered
It uses deck
a double-bladed CANOEwide open
uses a single
paddle bladed paddle
 The word “ CANOE” originated from the Carib word
“KENU” which meant dugout

 The oldest known canoe is Pesse Canoe, believed to be


constructed between 8200 and 7600 B.C. and was found in
Netherlands
 Kayaks or “qayak” meaning “man’s boat or hunters boat”
originated from the Inuit and Aleut tribes of Arctic North
America.
 The oldest existing kayaks are exhibited in North America
Department of the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich.

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