Early 16 foot EM White

[chris pearson]

I was lucky enough to buy an early EM White from Dave McDaniel. He bought it off of John Hilton not 2 weeks before he passed away suddenly. I feel honored to have it for many reasons and will try to do it justice when I start the restoration, in Johns memory. To own a canoe this old and fairly rare is something that I've always wanted to have, but just never had the opportunity, or the funds to aquire. My heart is heavy.....

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Wonderful! I'm so glad you got her! It's a treasure to have a canoe with so much history and physical grace... and you will honor all that she is, which is the way it should be with these wonderful old beauties.

 

[Andre Cloutier]

details

Chris, how about some shots of seats and thwarts if you've got em. Great looking old boat, see it in NH? now thats a dare...

 

[Michael Grace]

Chris,

Is this Capt. John Hilton, collector of Fay & Bowen launches, or some other John Hilton?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Rob Stevens]

John Hilton, Canadian paddle-carver who was a a vendor at the Assembly in Keuka this past summer. He apparently had a severe reaction to an exotic wood he was carving.
See thread; http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=4848

 

[Michael Grace]

Oh, that's just horrible. I'm so sorry to hear this. The amazing beauty in wood and woodworking can lull one into a false sense of security, obscuring potential dangers. But then, the wonderful benefits of any true passion come with sometimes hidden costs. I hope at least that Mr. Hilton loved his woodworking.

M

 

[Denis M. Kallery]

Rob,
Does anyone know what wood he was working with?
Denis

 

[chris pearson]

I will try to restore her by the next assembly, but doing it right will be more important so we'll see. Someone clad the stern seat in aluminum, and did a very professional job. I proceeded to pull it apart and the wood is in many pcs. Good enough for a pattern though. The front seat has a very fine frame, just like the stern. Rob, John was part of our Michigan Chapter, was he originally from Canada?

 

[Rob Stevens]

Rob,
Does anyone know what wood he was working with?
Denis

Sorry, I don't have much more info on how it happened. I heard it second hand at the Assembly planning meeting in New Hampshire last weekend.
John's wife Shirley was going to become the Assembly auctioneer, but as you might imagine, has said she likely won't come to Assembly.

As to Chris' question about where John lived, I thought he lived near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario -a location close enough to participate in Michigan chapter activities. I could be wrong. Or maybe I'm confusing locations with the Kimbles who were friends of John & Shirley (?) -and had the adjacent booth to them at Assembly.

 

[chris pearson]

Now I'm really confused, thats Sharon.

 

[Rob Stevens]

Now I'm really confused, thats Sharon.

Well, no cause to be confused by my faulty memory, and scant info.

 

[Fitz]

John Hilton

I did some searching around and found John's obituary.

http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/...d=10296&s_id=985388198184D0EA65983824F4116335