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    Canoe Art: Paintings, Sketches, Sculpture, Architecture

    Here's a pic of metal canoe sculpture in Penetanguishene, Ontario. Apparently there's a legend of a local tinsmith, Toussaint Boucher, making a canoe out of metal in mid-1800s. https://www.pipesmokeofthepast.com/post/the-iron-canoe
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    R. M. Patterson, canoeing author

    For those interested, David Finch's biography of Patterson is now available for digital borrowing at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/rmpattersonlifeo0000finc Also available is Richard C. Davis' publication, Nahanni Journals https://archive.org/details/nahannijournalsr00patt I've...
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    Zoom Seminar - Mike Elliot, Author of This Old Canoe

    We found out later that our zoom meeting was booked at the same time as the WCHA board meeting. Sorry for that. Alex Guthro, our Chapter Head, recorded the portion of Mike Elliot's presentation. Here is the link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/zymLmCgaxDVXFiYaA
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    Zoom Seminar - Mike Elliot, Author of This Old Canoe

    Bit last minute, but there is a online ZOOM seminar tonight (Jan 17) at 7pm Eastern Time hosted by the Northern Lakes (Canada) Chapter of the WCHA. After a brief 10 minute discussion of our chapter business, we will be joined by special guest Mike Elliot, author of This Old Canoe. Mike will...
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    Photos of Portage / Canoe Carry Signs

    Neat that this thread is still going. Very much like seeing all the different ways to mark a portage trail. Also recently found out a tidbit regarding historic portage signs in Algonquin Park. By the 1940s, many of the more established routes were marked by large wooden signs, painted yellow...
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    What have I Got Here?

    Found a pic of me portaging a Northland down to the cottage lake (photo is from 2007). I was storing it for a friend back then and would take it out for evening paddles. The keel on this one looks unfinished as well.
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    What have I Got Here?

    Pretty sure your canoe is a "Northland" built by Albert Maw of Huntsville, Ontario (not a native builder). Identifying features are the burned in serial number, stubby heart-shape decks made of cherry (with angled edge), your 2" rib width. Assuming the seat is original, the seat hole/weaving...
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    Litter, garbage and trash

    One of my favourite day tripping spots used to be the Big East River. The upper section flowing down from Algonquin Park is very tricky to reach so gets few visitors. By the time the river reaches another Provincial Park (Arrowhead PP) it gets quite crowded. Downstream of this point, it has...
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    Chestnut Canoes in Algonquin Park

    Not sure if Chestnut outsourced to more than one manufacturer. I once came across one of their aluminum canoes that was stamped with a Hull Identification Number. The code identified the maker as Harber Manufacturing Ltd. in Fort Erie, Ontario. Just like the catalog images, it had one of the...
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    Chestnut Canoes in Algonquin Park

    Just realized that the following Chestnut Catalogue (circa 1971) features photos from Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. The cover shows the "Portage Store" building in the background. This was (and still is) the starting point for many trippers heading into the park interior. Here is a B&W shot...
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    "Paddle out of Peril" video with Omer Stringer

    For anyone interested, the canoe used by Omer in these videos is now hanging in the Algonquin Park Visitor Centre.
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    Chestnut Playmate - Small Canvas Repair!

    I perhaps should have said MacGregor was successful in obtaining the Trademark for the Chestnut logo, rather than the copyright. Not sure if that changes things from a legal perspective. This was the entry in the Canadian Trademark Database I was referred to when I contacted the Canadian Canoe...
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    Chestnut Playmate - Small Canvas Repair!

    Thanks for posting more pics of the decal. It is most certainly a Roger MacGregor produced decal. This earlier, first edition reproduction had a distinctive white spot under the stem where the manufacturer didn't add colour. Roger's decal was meant to be a replica of the 1960s era version of...
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    Chestnut Playmate - Small Canvas Repair!

    Re-attaching a keel is quite easy after replacing the canvas so would not be an indicator that the boat is original. If it is from 1972, you'd expect the 50+ year old original canvas to have degraded more with many spider cracks. Plus that pin stripe decoration would not have been done in the...
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    Canoe Day at the Leacock Museum - Orillia, Ontario - May 20th, 2023

    Our event is happening is happening this Saturday, May 20th. Hope to see some local area members of the CanoeTripping forums stop by and say hi.
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