Help with canoe identification - Lib of Congress photo

[Ken Cupery]

Can someone take a stab at identifying the two canoes in the photo at the Library of Congress?

There were lots of indigenous canoe builders in the Adirondacks, so this may not be someone famous.

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a12025/

Thanks.

Ken

 

[Dan Miller]

They are Lake George Rowing skiffs, the one on the right a double-ender and the one on the left with a sweet wineglass transom. Both are strip-built. The skiff on the far side of the dock is lapstrake. I'm not familiar enough with the Lake George builders to know who might have built these. I have a photo showing some 17 livery skiffs on Lake George taken during the 1888 meet, they are not as nicely finished as the ones in this photo.

I love these super-hi-res scans of old photos - you can pick up a lot of detail.

Dan

 

[Ken Cupery]

Thanks Dan.

An acquaintance sent me the link with the question of what we were looking at.

Glad expert help is available

 

[Paul Miller]

Here is a picture of a Lake George Row boat I restored a few years ago.

I was built in Bolton Landing by F.R. Smith.

I've even posted a pic of the test paddle. I had not yet attached the bang plates front or back.

They are very nice boats.

Paul