morris

Hi All, I'm making my second attempt at buying a wood/canvas canoe and have done much more research than on my first. Thanks mostly to the WCHA forums and vast documentation. I have purchased and will be picking up what I believe is a B. N. Morris canoe. I was told that the first one a bought...

The August 8, 1907 Daily Kennebec Journal(v.38,No182, p.9) reported that, Benson Gray has informed me that the title of President at Old Town Canoe was ceremonial and the Treasurer functioned as the operating manager. It appears that something similar happened with the Veazie Canoe Company...

Just finished a 16' Morris Model A Type 1. There's no ID tag, but when I picked it up 3 years ago the WCHA gurus thought it dated from 1906 or so (due to having 3 cant ribs if I recall correctly). Weighs only 66#. Color is Epifane's Turkish Blue. Note: I used 1-1/4" 4-40 flat head screws to...

I've started restoring a 16' Morris I was given a while back. There is no ID plate - perhaps it was lost when the first 24" of both front rails were hacked off in a previous restoration attempt. It does have mahogany seats, decks, and thwarts. And three cant ribs. From its dimensions...

Hey gang. A friend of mine who just moved into a new house had me come to his home to give me something. The “something” was a Morris! The neighbor who found out Nelson works on canoes mentioned off the cuff that he had an old canoe in a barn. Nelson’s ears perked up and asked to see the canoe...

I found this site listing the pages of a 1908 Morris catalogue. http://www.canoetripping.net/forums/forum/general-paddling-discussions/wood-and-bark-canoes/36160-b-n-morris-catalogue The above link shows page 15 which lists dimensions for Morris Model C and D canoes, but the page that lists...

I'm putting the keel back on my ca 1915 17 foot Morris and it appears that it may have lost some length. It measures 14 ft. 6 1/4 inches and appears to be short by one rib interval. Anyone have this measurement and a pic of the stem band to keel transition would be helpful as well. It seems like...

SN 14079. This canoe served as a tender (note the lack of thwart or bow seat) for a sailboat my grandfather had on the Delaware / Chesapeake. It made its way from greater Philadelphia to the Finger Lakes (1930s ) to the Adirondacks in the early 1940s. It was ALWAYS referred to as "The White"...

I’ve been corresponding with a fellow who listed a canoe on eBay. Perhaps someone in the WCHA could help him with identification and the potential for sale. He’s in New York and the canoe is in California, so he can’t measure the length but it looks like either 16 or 17 feet. He’s had trouble...

Found this Veazie Canoe Company ca 1910 catalogue online. Click on the link where you can download the pdf file. http://www.mainememory.net/artifact/36183/ I always wondered about the splayed stem deal and in the catalogue they explain it; "Stems are of selected material, steam bent to...

Hi all, a couple years ago I got my feet wet regarding canoe history and restoration with a smooth skinned lapstrake half canoe which made a nice bookshelf. I was unable to identify the maker but it did wet my appetite for a future project. Yesterday I acquired a restoration project that I tried...