I have long lurked here on the forum with no real reason to post. That all changed yesterday. I responded to a classified advertisement and acquired a wood/canvas canoe in very good condition. I purchased the canoe from a very elderly man that was the local high school industrial arts teacher. He claims to have acquired the canoe when the Cyrus McCormack family donated their Upper Peninsula family camp to the USDA in 1967 and the camps furnishings were auctioned to the public. He and his wife used the canoe as a trout fishing craft for years. He also said he restored the canoe about 20+ years ago. I can find no other identifiers on the canoe outside of an oval serial number tag on the inwhale. It has a square stern which puzzles me, because I assumed square sterns were a more contemporary design. I will post some pictures of what I think to be distinguishing characteristics.
I bought the canoe because I plan to use it for fishing with my daughter. I have used aluminum canoes due to finances, but I have always wanted a wooden canoe of my very own. Now I just want to know about the canoe I have acquired. Any questions, information, or thoughts on possible manufacturers would be welcomed.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
I bought the canoe because I plan to use it for fishing with my daughter. I have used aluminum canoes due to finances, but I have always wanted a wooden canoe of my very own. Now I just want to know about the canoe I have acquired. Any questions, information, or thoughts on possible manufacturers would be welcomed.
Thanks in advance,
Chris