old rib and batten canoe

My grandfather, John R. P. French, purchased a rib and batten canoe in Peterborough, Ontario, around 1916. The canoe is 15'8" long and 31"wide. It has three 1/4" thick planks on each side of hull, mast hole on the bow deck, mast holder on the keel under the deck, and metal strip along the keel...