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The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, Ltd. is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring and using wood canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage throughout the world. The WCHA was formed in 1979 by Jeff and Jill Dean of Madison, Wisconsin, and has a current (CY2007) active membership of over 1800 canoeing enthusiasts. Members are widely dispersed, and international memberships are increasing each year. Visitors are invited to view our informational video. Our Brochure is also available for download. Annual and lifetime memberships are available in the WCHA (Join the WCHA) at slightly varying prices depending on where in the world you live. All memberships include a subscription to Wooden Canoe Journal, the bi-monthly magazine of the WCHA. Members are also given discounts on merchandise offered by the WCHA Sales and Marketing arm, with hard to find books, decals, and catalog reprints a specialty. The WCHA is managed by a Board of Directors, who are elected to serve a two year term. The Board meets formally at least once a year. Due to the wide distribution of the membership, most board business is conducted over the telephone and through correspondence, although some business is also conducted at the Annual Assembly. A copy of the By-laws of the WCHA is online for the benefit of our members. Address all correspondence to:Wooden Canoe Heritage AssociationPost Office Box 117Tamworth, New Hampshire 03886Any questions not answered in these pages should be directed to the WCHA secretary, at secretary@wcha.org. If you have WEB SITE questions, please address them to the WCHA Webmaster at webmaster@wcha.org.