ABOUT VERLEN

“The contentment I feel while paddling tells me I am where I want to be.
I’m following a dream.”

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Verlen Kruger was known to many as the “River Master” or “River Guardian”. He was an innovator, inventor, builder, conservationist and adventurer. Verlen spent the last half of his life paddling the waterways of North America and beyond, designing and building canoes, and inspiring others to follow their dreams.