12-foot White?

[Bob Holtzman]

I'm looking at an ad on Craigslist Maine for a 12' cedar canoe, purportedly a "white" from the 1940s: http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/1539757342.html

I don't think EM White built 12-footers. The clunky-looking portage thwart looks home-made. Any ideas what this might be?

 

[Rollin Thurlow]

It looks more like a canoe that might of been built by Myron Smart of Milo Maine in the 60's or 70's. He was a firm believer in fiberglass. A nice local builder but his canoes were kind of rough.

 

[Bob Holtzman]

Thanks Rollin. So I guess it's not the steal of a lifetime, or something to make my WCHA colleagues envious?