Gitchi Gummi, meaning “Big Water”, is what the Native American Nations called Lake Superior. The deep blue depths of that monstrous lake are echoed in this design.
Countless haunting, epic, glorious and terrible tales have been spun of the Gitchi Gummi over the years. Here’s a few lines of a song from one of the more famous of those tales ~
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down///of the big lake they called “Gitche Gumee.”///The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead///when the skies of November turn gloomy.///With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more///than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,///that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed///when the “Gales of November” came early.”
~ Gordon Lightfoot - The Sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald
This design is painted on our Voyageur Heritage Paddle. With an elegantly traditional blade shape these are graceful in and out of the water. They’re perfect for lazy turns around the lake or for gracing the wall of your cabin. Each is a laminated combination of Red Alder, Basswood, and Black Walnut.
- Finish:
- Wood has an oil finish / Paint is finished with a SPAR Polyurethane
- Paddle Dimensions:
- 5" x 26"
- Wood:
- Red Alder, Basswood, Black Walnut
- Paddle Durability:
- Cabin Cruiser
- Colors:
- Poseydon Blue, Matt White, Eldorado
- Paddle Length:
- 58"
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Gitchi Gummi paddle
This is such a beautiful, well made paddle. It was purchased to add to my husband's canoe paddle collection that hangs on the walls of his special room. It looks just beautiful there.
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Painted paddle
This is the second painted paddle I got for decorating. My first one is beautiful and babybutt smooth. This one is still very nice just not as smooth as the other bit still a nice piece to have on the wall
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Paddle
Gave this paddle as a gift. It was beautifully made and very well received
