Murat V
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Thought I'd share an interesting resource that might be useful for research purposes. The Government of Canada issued annual reports on the country's boatbuilding industry beginning in 1920. Each issue is available for viewing as PDF. Starting in 1926, most of the documents also have lists of active boat builders organized by province, including small and large scale canoe manufacturers.
https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.829671/publication.html
The web interface is a bit cumbersome, but you can continue through the years and track when certain canoe builders were active or went out of business. A cursory glance seemed pretty accurate: Canadian Canoe Co which ceased factory operations in 1959 is not in the 1959 issue. Peterborough disappears by the 1962 issue to be replaced by Rilco Industries. Chestnut's address change from Fredericton to Oromocto is also noted. Neat to also track many of the Quebec "Huron" builders that appear in Loretteville over the years.
https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.829671/publication.html
The web interface is a bit cumbersome, but you can continue through the years and track when certain canoe builders were active or went out of business. A cursory glance seemed pretty accurate: Canadian Canoe Co which ceased factory operations in 1959 is not in the 1959 issue. Peterborough disappears by the 1962 issue to be replaced by Rilco Industries. Chestnut's address change from Fredericton to Oromocto is also noted. Neat to also track many of the Quebec "Huron" builders that appear in Loretteville over the years.