Expedition / Itasca
This ultimate expedition canoe hauls amazing loads, yet is easy to handle.
The Itasca is a tandem performance touring canoe that's built to carry expedition gear through wind and waves. Like a racer on steroids, the Itasca is the right boat for extreme exploring, coastal touring and season-long expeditions. This long, seaworthy hull tracks superbly, carries heavy loads and has enough speed to eat up the miles on an ambitious trip.The wide midsection of the Itasca's 19-foot hull allows for big loads and provides massive stability. The unique design of the boat's gunwales mimics the lines of marathon race canoes, making it easy to reach the water for an efficient forward stroke. The standard wood gunwales add strength and beauty to this unique design.
The Itasca is among our largest canoes, yet offers speed and efficiency that rivals some of our most performance oriented models. It's a wonderfully balanced design that handles like a thoroughbred and carries gear like a tractor trailer. Packs, kids, dogs, wild Canadian lakes, rugged coastlines, wilderness rivers--whatever adventures thrill your imagination, the Itasca is up to the challenge.

Tuf-weave® Flex-Core 65 lbs. $3,799 USD
Wenonah's Tuf-weave® material is an interwoven fabric made of 50% polyester and 50% fiberglass that out performs either material alone. The Tuf-weave® layup results in our most durable composite canoes. Tuf-weave® canoes offer improved impact resistance and are a great compromise between light weight, performance, and price.
Tuf-weave® Flex-core canoe shown with Standard Options, may not be the Itasca.
- Standard Options -
- Colored Gel-Coat Finish
- Wood Gunwales Blk Alum Trim
- Foot Brace Adjustable Stern
- Ash Yoke Natural Satin
- Sliding Bow Seat
- Aramid Bucket (Hung not avail.)
- Premium Options -
- All Wood Trim (tandem) - $400 USD
- VersiGunwale - $150 USD
Flex-Core w/Aramid 61lbs. $3,899 USD
Flex-core construction creates a more rugged canoe than our Ultra-light core, and is meant for general paddling on all but extreme waters. In our Flex-core constructions a structural-foam core is laminated into the hull, orienting the composite fibers carefully to distribute loads. We add an extra fabric layer to the whole hull. This adds a bit of weight but makes for a stronger, more rigid canoe. Side ribs are not needed because this layup distributes more material throughout the hull. The result is a tough canoe that is still fairly light weight. Using Aramid in our Flex-core layup adds a little weight, but saves some money. The extra layers of fabric and gel-coat finish makes these boats slightly more resistant to damage than our Ultra-Light canoes as well.
Aramid Flex-core canoe shown with Standard Options, may not be the Itasca.
- Standard Options -
- Colored Gel-Coat Finish
- Ash Yoke Natural Satin
- Sliding Bow Seat
- Foot Brace Adjustable Stern
- Aramid Bucket (Hung not avail.)
- Wood Gunwales Blk Alum Trim
- Premium Options -
- All Wood Trim (tandem) - $400 USD
- VersiGunwale - $150 USD
Ultra-light w/Aramid 49lbs. $3,899 USD
Ultra-light hulls are stiff and incredibly light. They are ideal for speed and distance paddling and for all people or conditions that demand the lightest gear. In our Ultra-light construction a structural-foam core and ribs are laminated into the hull and sides. We also add extra fabric layers to strengthen specific targeted areas. Aluminum plates are strategically laminated into the hull. Seats, footbraces, and all hardware is then riveted into these plates. This gives a very secure connection and eliminates rivet heads on the exterior. Aramid, the fiber used for aerospace, body armor and bulletproof vests, is amazingly light and strong. We've used it for more than 30 years to construct extremely light and tough canoes. Wenonah Canoe is the worlds largest maker of canoes using Aramid.
Aramid Ultra-light canoe shown with Standard Options, may not be the Itasca.
- Standard Options -
- Natural (skin-coat) finish
- Sliding Bow Seat
- Ash Yoke Natural Satin
- Foot Brace Adjustable Stern
- Aramid Bucket (Hung not avail.)
- Wood Gunwales Blk Alum Trim
- Premium Options -
- All Wood Trim (tandem) - $400 USD
- VersiGunwale - $150 USD