The Company 
Our Simple Mission
As the new owners and caretakers of this 50-year-old brand, we will continue to make high-quality composite canoes and kayaks here in Maine. We intend to bring a sense of leadership, creativity, authenticity, and thoughtfulness to everything we do.
Play Local
One day we were thinking of ways we could communicate what our retail showroom represents. We realized how lucky we are to live and work on the Coast of Maine - most everyone on our coast can get in or on the water within 10 minutes of their home - including those in our most densely populated cities and towns. In the winter, almost all of us can strap on some snowshoes, XC-skis, or skates and go for it right out our front or back doors. While many of us in the shop enjoy far-flung adventuring in different environments, we want to inspire people to get out and enjoy their home base. Our employees are brimming with local knowledge and hope you all share your "play local" experiences with us.
Prior to Current ownership
Lincoln Canoe & Kayak had it's humble beginnings in Lincoln, Massachusetts in 1959. It was started by two young college students who had spent a summer in northern Canada on a wilderness canoe trip. Their craft was an 80-pound, 18-foot aluminum canoe, which was state-of-the-art at the time. As they paddled and trudged along, they thought there must be a better way to build a canoe - one that would be lighter and easier to handle. Upon returning home, they decided to tackle their idea.
Fiberglass was the new material on the scene and the method of choice, thus the Lincoln canoe was born. Through the years, Lincoln has passed through different ownership groups. Each has put its own stamp on the brand though none has been more important to the boat designs than Sandy Martin. The most recent prior owner, Sandy is responsible for most of the design ideas and process you see in our boats today. Our boats are hand crafted of Fiberglass, Kevlar or Carbon Fiber, through a proprietary process - making them some of the lightest, if not the lightest in each category. Lincoln continues to lead the way in using the latest technologies and materials to create some of the finest small craft made.