Joe Bradley
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Hi, need some info/background of this canoe, I think my father got it in the 60s, not sure.View attachment 49940 View attachment 49941 View attachment 49941
History of this canoe?
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This is an early Royalite canoe from U. S. Rubber. This material was eventually renamed Royalex and the company became Uniroyal. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalex for some of the history. Yours appears to be a Thompson Royal-Craft as shown in the undated flier below. Thompson first introduced a canoe like this in 1964 at the Chicago Boat Show. It may not have any ultraviolet protection so I wouldn't leave it out in bright sunlight.
Benson
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