Extra long canoes

I’m seriously considering purchasing a 20’ or longer canoe. My wife and kids and I like to go on canoe camping trips and have done enough to know what works and doesn’t work for us. Although a 3 or 4 seater is impractical for some applications, we’ve grown to think it might be the ideal solution for some of our trips. I should add that I already own a number of good 17’ tandems, so I can choose based on the occasion if I’m taking multiple tandems or one tandem and a super long boat.

Two questions:

#1. Are there good commercially available canoes that would compete with the Wenonah Minnesota 4? It is a 23’, 65 lb, four seat canoe. I’m aware of the 20’ Minnesota 3, obviously a 3 seater. Any other 3 or 4 seaters I should consider?

#2. Does anyone have experience in a Minn 4? Not to be rude, but I’m looking for actual experiences, not ideas of what they might be like. I’m mostly curious about handling on the water. Some reviews have said the 23’ length is best suited to lakes. We mostly run rivers. And the Natives who ran these rivers before us did it in 20-40’ dugouts...so I’m reluctant to think poorly of a modern Kevlar canoe, only 5’ longer than our existing Cruisers.

Basically, I acknowledge that it’s a pretty long canoe by current standards, but I wonder if that’s been a bit sensationalized? We run mostly flat and easy water, never any rapids, some turns but not hairpins, and we don’t fish from the canoe.

I’m already aware of the “out of the water” considerations like portaging, loading, trailering. I’ve got solutions in place for that.

I’ve found a good price on a Minn 4 but it’s 600 miles away and I don’t want to pull the trigger without getting advice from those with first hand experience. Thanks in advance!!