Kayak
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A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word qajaq.
Whitewater kayaker at Great Falls, Virginia, United States
Inuit seal hunter in a kayak, armed with a harpoon
Interior 360 degree photosphere of a kayak at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Click for an immersive 360 degree view.
Kayaks are often used to get closer to marine animals, such as sea otters.
Canoe
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A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.
Birch bark canoe, Ilnu Museum in Mashteuiatsh, Quebec, Canada
A B.N. Morris Canoe Company wood-and-canvas canoe built approximately 1912
Birch bark canoe at Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine
Bark canoe in Australia, Howitt 1904