Many moons ago I ran an newspaper ad each fall to buy "a canoe" and ended up with a huge stack of them, cheap. Each spring I sold the canoes for about what I had in them... But I also sold all the paddles, life jackets, and extras that people had "thrown in". Made for quite a bit of pocket change. Some canoes came cheap enough to sell at a big profit, too.
Spent a ton of time n canoes for a long time and always came back to the biggest possible freighter for most running around and fishing use. I have been wet...
Moving water is a whole other beast and there is nothing good about a keeled canoe in fast water. The OP only mentioned tiny stuff, so it makes no real difference, but it can be a serious problem in a heartbeat.
