This naming came from the so-called "Canadian style" canoe from Canada, the then only 'approved' open canoe model by the American Canoe Association (ACA), as opposed to the Wood & Canvas canoe from Maine in the United States, that was not recognized by the ACA until 1934.
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In 1998, in Nyköping, Sweden, he became European junior champion in the individual Canadian canoe (C-1) 500m.