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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

For anyone interested, the canoe used by Omer in these videos is now hanging in the Algonquin Park Visitor Centre.

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...

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...

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...

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.

For those folks who might be in the area, the Northern Lakes (Canada) chapter of the WCHA is participating in a canoe-themed event taking place on Saturday May 20th in Orillia, Ontario. The event is being held at the Leacock National Historic Site to celebrate the launch of a new exhibit in the...

Patrick, Was this the canoe that had the heart shape deck with faded outline of a Chestnut decal on it? If so, here's a little graphic I put together using known samples of a confirmed pre-fire decal (1918) at the Canadian Canoe Museum and the version that appears from the post-fire period to...

Thanks Patrick. Looks like its been restored and a reproduction decal put on. Do you happen to know per chance if this was recently done? It looks like the decal being currently offered by the Canadian Canoe Museum and the WCHA store.

Here's a relatively recent canoe sculpture in Toronto near the Humber River. The city has installed various plaques along this urban section of the historic Carrying Place portage trail.

I'm trying to research and document the subtle changes of the Chestnut Canoe Co decal/logo that occurred over the years to create a timeline. Hoping folks would be willing to upload and share closeup images of the the decals on their Chestnut canoes along with any details like the approximate...

Yes, there are quite a few results in their online collections search, but the vast majority of their canoe stuff has not been photographed and uploaded. The Walter Dean paddle I mentioned and the triplet set of Mohawk paddles from Six Nations of the Grand River are online, but most of the...

For any members in the Greater Toronto / Southern Ontario area... The Northern Lakes (Canada) Chapter of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association has organized a group tour of the canoe-related artefacts in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Due to staffing constraints we are limited to...

Here's a Toronto postcard from 1910 showcasing a War Canoe race in the harbour... Below is a photo of a War Canoe race down the Humber River, Toronto, June 1, 1929. Note all the spectators in smaller watercraft lining the marshy banks. Sometimes dragonboat and/or outrigger canoe races are...

Always enjoyed the footage in that video. Before being uploaded onto YouTube, it used to play on a continuous loop in a corner at the Canadian Canoe Museum. Apparently Blomfield was a champion paddler for the Toronto Canoe Club in his younger days. His image was used by boat builder Walter Dean...

Thanks for this resource too, Benson! Already came across another vintage film (circa 1906) that features canoes being portaged by horse-drawn carriage as well as being transported by steamship. https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/24427 The guides look so confident paddling...