Director, Bill Mason ; photography, Bill Mason ; producer, Julian Biggs ; editing, Bill Mason ; commentary, Stanley Jackson ; musical score, Louis Applebaum ; sound editing, Don Wellington ; sound recording, Ron Alexander, Roger Lamoureux.

Recorded 1966.

For all children and those adults for whom the romance of journeying is still strong. This great NFB children's classic is adapted from a story by Holling C. Holling. During the long winter night, an Indigenous boy sets out to carve a man and a canoe. He calls the man "Paddle to the Sea." The boy sets the carving down on a frozen stream to await the coming of spring. The film charts the adventures that befall the canoe on its long odyssey from Lake Superior to the sea. This delightful story is photographed with great patience and an eye for the beauty of living things, offering vivid impressions of Canada's varied landscape and waterways.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Silver Medal - Category: Education - Language Arts, 1987 Certificate of Merit, 1969 Best Documentary Film - Silver Plaque, 1968 First Prize - Category: Stories for Children, 1967 Best Film - Category: Creative Arts and Experimental Films, 1967 Golden Plaque - Category: Educational Films for Children, 1967 First Prize - Category: Information Films, 1967 Nominated one of the ten best films of the last ten years, 1968 Award for Exceptional Merit, 1971

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).