Rent a canoe for an hour or a half-day, or join an overnight river trek in the wild.

Thanks to New England's glacial landscape, with its thousands of lakes, ponds, rivers and creeks, there are lots of possibilities.

There's canoeing within easy reach of Boston MA, for example, in my home town of Concord MA.

Canoeing on Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts...

For wilder treks, consider Lincoln NH and North Conway NH, which have several outfitters offering canoe and kayak trips.

—by Tom Brosnahan

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