Check with canoe rental business or float trip operators. They often are “thinning out” their stock this time of the year. We have bought aluminum canoes, royalex canoes, “sit-on” kayaks and conventional recreational kayaks over the years. If you look early often there are units with only “scratch and dent” damage. Look carefully, I’ve seen aluminum canoes with broken backs in the lot. I usually pay 10 -25% of new price. If your crew is like mine, dents happen. This way I just buy them pre-dented and save money.

Good luck.