Canoes can go damm near anywhere.Canoes can carry damm near anything.Canoes can damm near tip anytime.
Wind is the enemy of canoes on lakes,even more so than a small boats.
I have a 16'6" Mac Sport by Clipper,a 18'6" freighter with two feet cut off for a square stern.We have used it on two moose hunts and 16' Springbok type aluminium on one.We missed the moose paddling up stream. Both out pack my 12' Harborcraft. That scarcely would make me an expert.My skill levels do need some honing.More so, going up steam underpower.
The owner of Clipper hunts out of 18'6" square stern Mac Sport.He has a neat custom gun rack.
I went with a 16'6" kevlar as the 60# would be easier on me,both packing and going over beaver dams.I'm using a 4.5hp Merc and that's maybe too powerful.Certainly can be very fast and scary on a lake.
Problems; a gun rack for my canoe rifle,a BSA P-17 sporter 30-06,a life jacket that you can sholder a rifle with,bowman steering skills going upstream.
