Early set of Canadian Canoe Co. paddles

[Murat V]

An early set of Canadian Canoe Co. paddles are on display at the Rondeau Provincial Park visitor centre (near Chatham, Ontario). They were given as a retirement gift to George Bartlett, superintendent of Algonquin Provincial Park, as a retirement gift in 1922. This means they predate the merger of Canadian with Chestnut & Peterborough. Asked the staff to take a closer pic of the decals which are in great shape. They have yellow background with black text and some red outlines. Similar to the company's later yellow decal but the last line of text on these earlier ones seem to read "ONT.CANADA." rather than just "CANADA". More info about the paddles at the following link: [https://blog.ontarioparks.ca/rondeau-history-paddles/](https://blog.ontarioparks.ca/rondeau-history-paddles/...)

 

[Andre Cloutier]

Love that logo, and am i the only one that loves alligatored varnish? nothing better when pulling out a new find and putting in the sunlight...

 

[MGC]

Love that logo, and am i the only one that loves alligatored varnish? nothing better when pulling out a new find and putting in the sunlight...

Agree about that varnish. An old finish makes a statement. No amount of skillful varnishing can duplicate it.
On old guns, fiddles, fly rods and paddles, an old original finish is the difference between nice and spectacular.

 

[samb]

No amount of skillful varnishing can duplicate it.