Interesting. That is a nice a very nice canoe. It brings back memories of our family's decision to keep our canoe mold instead of letting the museum have it for their canoe (now guideboat) building display. We were willing to allow them to use it, but when we learned that they expected it to be a permanent donation, we decided not to proceed. We expected them to return it to us if they ever decided to remove it from exhibit. We did not want it to sit in storage or eventually be deaccessioned. For many years I felt a bit guilty that we had not given it to them to display, but I was also OK with the idea that their plan B was the guideboat exhibit. Although canoe building was an active industry in the area, the guideboat is a unique craft that has it's origins in the Adirondacks and (in my opinion) is a better representation of local resourcefulness.
