MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --"I entered my first canoe race when I was 8." Raised in Indiana, Ted Bell found there are 10,000 reasons to fall in love with Minnesota -- and one big reason why he moved here.

Ted Bell, who started Bell Canoe Works in 1988, is behind Northstar Canoes. Northstar's line includes nine models, including five tandems and four solos. PRINCETON – When Ted Bell got back into ...

A large trailer was maneuvered into the snowy parking lot of Bell Canoe Works recently, and workers on ladders carefully loaded sleek, new canoes in rows five high and three deep. Ensconced in cotton ...

ZIMMERMAN, Minn. -- Ted Bell has been making high-end boats for 15 years, but it wasn't until he switched gears that his company hit the big time. A large trailer was maneuvered into the parking lot ...

The president of ORC Industries Inc. says the nonprofit employer of people with disabilities plans to sell its Bell Canoe Works canoe manufacturing business in La Crosse. ORC acquired the canoe ...

ST. CLOUD — When Ted Bell got back into canoe-building, the former downriver and flatwater champion who launched Bell Canoe Works in 1988 figured he'd make 25 boats per year out of his three-car ...