Sanborn Canoe's New Minnesota State Flag Paddle

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If you haven’t heard, Minnesota recently finished the process of redesigning its state flag. The old flag was of the “state seal on a bedsheet” type. It also redesigned the state seal — and decided on an epic canoe country inspired design. THE BEST STATE SEAL IN THE NATION. You can learn about the redesign at the Minnesota Historical Society’s website. Even though some polls might say that the new state flag looks like “Sky Camouflage,” the new flag looks great when put on merch. I expect this will become a profitable market to be in over the next couple of years. You should expect it to see it on everything.

Sanborn Canoe beat everyone to the punch. They painted it onto a paddle, and the paddle looks great. You can get the new Minnesota state flag paddle direct from Sanborn Canoe. Make sure to pick up one of their paddle hangers to hang it on your wall. Get it here.

The paddle is part of Sanborn Canoe’s Voyageur Heritage Paddle series. It offers a traditional blade shape that performs as well as it looks on your wall. I happen to have a custom revolutionary war inspired design on a paddle. I helped design the paint job. While I prefer bent shaft paddles, it was a nicely designed paddle when used on the water. I wanted it for a display piece though. This new design with the new Minnesota state flag on the paddle would be a great display piece at the cabin.

Why is Sanborn making these? They are a Minnesota-based company. Why talk about it here? I live in Minnesota.

Here’s Minnesota’s new absolutely epic seal.

The new seal of Minnesota showing a loon, trees, water and wild rice.

Here’s Minnesota’s new flag.

The new flag of Minnesota show a charge of a eight point north star on a field of blue designed to look like the state on the left, and a field of blank blue on the right.

I wonder what other merch is going to be coming soon to a store near you. I just ordered a bunch of contour stickers that should arrive next week. I’ll be giving away 50 for free if I can figure out how to do it without too much hassle.

A sticker in the shape of the state of Minnesota with the new MN state flag in it.

Anyway, you should hurry now to be one of the first people to have the new state flag on a paddle. While I linked it above, I’ll do so again here. Get the Minnesota State Flag Paddle from Sanborn Canoe.