Masana'antun Canoekayak sun gaya muku cewa jiragen ruwa suna da tarihin dubban shekaru a matsayin kayan aiki na samar da mutane da sufuri.. Masu kera Canoekayak sun gaya muku cewa jiragen ruwa mafi tsufa a duniya, kwalekwale na farko sune kakannin kayak na zamani.
Masana'antun Canoekayak za su gaya muku cewa kayak da kwalekwalen suna da alaƙa da tushen tarihi. Kayaking ya ƙunshi jiragen ruwa iri biyu, kayaking da jere. Kayak shine Kayak a Turanci, wanda asalinsa yana nufin kwalekwalen Eskimo; Masu kera kwale-kwalen sun gaya muku cewa tuƙin jirgin ruwa ne a Turanci, kuma asalin ma'anarsa ma kwalekwale ne.
Saboda haka, a wasu sassan Turai da Amurka, Kayak da kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale ana kiransu da suna Kano. Wannan shi ne inda tarihin kayayyakin kwale-kwale ya fito.
