Benson Gray

The first two pictures below show how the mast seat and step looked on one old factory style configuration in an ABS canoe. The last...

Canoes used to be transported by fancy cars more frequently. (The first image is a 24 foot canoe behind an MG.) Benson

The Old Town catalogs are only a rough indication of what the factory was producing at any given time. Most canoe builders will make...

The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's Wooden Canoe Bibliography at the link below has some additional options. Benson...

I was a tree climber before I got my forestry degree then worked at a title company drawing maps till a better job came along, then land...

This probably indicates a canoe that was made in 2011. The link at https://www.usps.org/national/safety/HIN/HIN.pdf has more details...

Registration is open although they have not posted a schedule or presentors. New venue also. http://www.mainecanoesymposium.org/#about

See the link below for a similar example. Benson https://forums.wcha.org/threads/mystery-canoe.726/

No, the canoes were donated to the New Hampshire Boat Museum by various other individuals. I was just helping move them. The car is a...

I helped move some canoes from storage to the New Hampshire Boat Museum last week so they can start building their new exhibit of...

The video at the link below shows racers dragging wooden canoes over a portage in 1927 without any obvious issues. The dragging portage...

This reminded me of Bill Mason's early version of a helmet mounted video camera as shown below. Old Town mounted a video camera in a...

It appears that Robin Lauer at https://www.youtube.com/@RobinLauer is the channel you want. The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association has...

That is usually considered the best source of information on this topic. This Old Canoe by MIke Elliott is another good reference. The...

I will be there helping with a canoe sailing demonstration and a few other things. Benson