My 30's All wood "Chauvieres" canoe...

[gery]

Hi all
Presentaion of my canoe...

 

[gery]

More picts

 

[Greg Nolan]

Wow! A beautiful boat. Thanks for the pics.

Greg

 

[ppride]

Beautiful canoe. Do you know any history of the canoe?

 

[gery]

Hi ppride, thank for comments

Sorry i'm late but i was not in my house....

No , the company is closed since 50 years....It make some aircraft parts like wooden prop...i search again some infos...
In 1917 Lucien Chauviere make wooden propelers at 17 Quai jules Guesde at Vitry...
A link..sorry in french..
http://histoire.vitry94.free.fr/old/divers-ind.htm

 

[MackyM]

Beautiful canoe.

 

[gery]

Hi all,

After a long work of repair, i start the sanding with a 80 sanding paper....







The original color appear....

 

[gery]

More picts of repairs here...

http://saintgoustan.e-monsite.com/pages/travaux/canoe-canadien-bois-chauviere.html