Help With ID

[Steve Ambrose]

Can anyone decipher the decal and help figure out what this boat is? Ribs aren't rounded and have very little or no taper. 15-16' long. It's been fiberglassed at some point but definitely not original. No serial numbers on the stems and no tag that I could spot.

 

[pklonowski]

The middle part says "Faber." The top arc says "Made in Canada," and the lower arc says something in French... probably translates to "Made in Canada"?

That's my best guess.

 

[Steve Ambrose]

The middle part says "Faber." The top arc says "Made in Canada," and the lower arc says something in French... probably translates to "Made in Canada"?

That's my best guess.

Good eye! Anyone familiar with Fabers know if this label, which differs from the one on Dragonfly's site, helps put an age on it?

 

[Kathryn Klos]

I agree with the thought that it could be a Faber...

 

[Steve Ambrose]

I agree with the thought that it could be a Faber...

Kathy, the decal in your photo looks to be the same as the remnant on the boat I looked at. It differs from the Faber decal shown on Dragonfly - any idea when that change might have occured?

 

[Kathryn Klos]

We had a Faber with that same decal and it dated from the '60s. Somebody who really knows will probably jump in. It also seems to me the orange decal is older than the other one. Faber still makes snowshoes, but I see their current logo is different.

Wikipedia says this about the town: "Loretteville is a former city in central Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into Quebec City on January 1, 2002."

Kathy

 

[Dan Miller]

The Faber logo shown on my website is not a decal. It is from a printed catalog. I cannot recall ever seeing anything but the orange deck decal.

 

[Steve Ambrose]

Thanks guys and gal. The Faber was a first for me - never heard of that one before.