Some more information about the impact of World War One on canoe sales can be found in an article on pages 111 and 112 of the April 11, 1918 issue of "Printers' Ink" as attached below. There is also a chapter in "The Canadian Canoe Company and the Early Peterborough Canoe Factories" by Ken Brown which reviews the impact on the Canadian canoe companies in Peterborough. The short summary is that the war ruined canoe sales and distribution for several years.
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