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I always liked what you can do with these old canoes,

Here's a short 8min production showcasing the shop at Headwaters Canoes in Wakefield, Quebec. Features some remote tripping shots with...

I love old maps as well. My favorite one on the wall is an Osgood Carleton map of Maine from circa 1802. This is mounted behind glass so...

Searching for a long time, I finally found this on eBay. Created by Augustus Phillips of Northeast Harbor, Maine, who made a business...

Merry Christmas from Maine! Jim

There has been a fair amount of academic debate about pointed paddles being used as weapons. The general conclusion is that the reduced...

The design and construction have clearly evolved over the years. There also appear to have been some typographical errors in these early...

Very interesting that the boats were 19' OT Guides. I wonder if it was just a longer 18 footer or a different hull entirely.

It is the same basic shape but slightly longer. The 1905 Old Town catalog page describing is attached below. Benson

That's an interesting thread with the usual disagreements about what happened to whom, and who was to blame, that we can never be sure of.

Mina Hubbard, most of us know, made a major expedition into Labrador after her young husband died there. But I hadn't heard a...

The thread at the link below has more about her including a copy of the original receipt for her canoes and paddles from the Old Town...

Thanks Benson for looping me into this thread. Though I'm not really familiar with Alaskan paddle designs, there is a long tradition of...

I have sent Murat a link to this discussion so he may jump in (if he makes it through the verification process). Benson

Murat is the author of the paddle making blog at the previous link. He has made replicas of many early paddles and used them with other...