Help with canoe identification?

[CharliePDX]

I have a wood and canvas canoe that I would like to know the maker and, if possible, generally when it might have been constructed. I bought it last year, paddled it, and thought it would be a winter project. That didn't happen and isn't likely anytime soon. It's a nice canoe, good lines, needs work but is in decent shape, and I hate to see the boat just sit in my garage. Before I pass it on to someone with more time and energy, I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find out more about it. I would appreciate any ideas you might have. Oh, and I'm in Oregon, if that is any kind of clue.

Thanks much!

Charlie

 

[Dave Wermuth]

beats me. is that a keelson?

 

[CharliePDX]

Well, it is a strip that runs the length of the canoe from what looks like the end of the stem to the end of the stern. Could well have ben added at some point although from the wear it looks about the same as the ribs. I guess I will post it on Craigslist and let the next person figure it out.

Thanks.

Charlie Landman
Portland, Oregon

 

[Dave Osborn]

Thin untapered,unchamfered ribs say....home-built to me....
Saw a similar home-built canoe on a Wisconsin Craigslist recently. It was discussed on this forum a few weeks ago.
Possibly a plan from Popular Mechanics or Boy's Life from the 40's or 50's....
OR...possibly an obscure builder make...

 

[Dave Osborn]

Here is the link to a canoe like yours, Charlie.
[Ihttp://http://eauclaire.craigslist.org/boa/4523963135.htmlI]

I think Joe B. Had a look at it and thought it was home built.

 

[Joseph Breitenstein]

The canoe I looked at was around Dubuque. Definitely home made. I bought the little sister of that canoe a long time ago and recognized it immediately. It is still listed:

http://dubuque.craigslist.org/boa/4523955493.html

Appears to be different then the current subject.