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Happy 1st Sighting of Pacific Ocean by Lewis & Clark (1805)! 🧭
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Benson Gray replied to the thread The Rainbow-Debsconeag Wormhole.Getting people to wild areas was a big business for the Maine railroads during that era so a lot of money was spent on books like these... -
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The winner of the cardboard "canoe" race struts her stuff at the 2025 WCHA Assembly paddle-by. Each kid gets three pieces of...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Carrying Place Canoes - Designs not available anymore.A local sign shop can probably reproduce the decals from a good picture or scan. This is likely to be much easier than any removing /...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Ai bots threaten the digital canoeing world.I help manage the Fans of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) group on Facebook and I am confident that not all of the current...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Ai bots threaten the digital canoeing world.This is also an ongoing issue with the WCHA forum as well if that is any consolation. Bots and spam are simply parts of life in a...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread 1972 Old Town Chipewyan 18'.You may find that weight is not a great indicator for Oltonar versus Royalex. The 1972 catalog listed the 18 foot long Chipewyan at 75...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Over Maximum Load.I would like to know more about how "the maximum load" for your canoe was determined. There are a broad variety of ways to calculate...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread 1972 Old Town Chipewyan 18'.A full set of Old Town Canoe catalogs from 1901 to 2023 is available in the member's section of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread 1972 Old Town Chipewyan 18'.The Chipewyan model was introduced in the 1972 Old Town catalog and described as "vacuum-formed from a single sheet of amazing Royalex...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Can you define these wetlands?.The usual expression is 'too thin to plow or walk on but too thick to drink' or something similar. Benson
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Photo of the day.These are generally known as "photographer's canoes" so they can more easily match the color of the canoe to the background of their...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread 1972 Old Town Chipewyan 18'.The fragment of the hull identification number indicates that it was made by Old Town Canoe in the early 1970s. The picture below shows...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread What are your current solo canoes and how do you like them?.No small boat builder ever seems to have enough clamps. I attended the estate auction of a long time canoe builder several years ago and...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread The Maine Guide Paddle.Murat's Paddle Making blog is a great resource if you want to explore very old paddles at the first link below. Paddles, canoes, and...
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Benson Gray replied to the thread Old Town Discovery?.I believe that is actually an Ojibway model and not a Discovery, although it is made from the same material. The 2005 catalog...
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