Need help identifying type of boat

[Jack63ss]

I am looking to verify the type of a wooden boat we inherited from my father-in-law. It is an all wood 14' Square Stern boat and we were led to believe it was an Adirondack Guide Boat. However, I have not found any pictures of an Adirondack guide boat that look like ours, and it actually looks more like a Rangeley or Maine Square Stern. We estimate the boat to have been built in the 1940's, and probably in the Schroon Lake area, as my father-in-law grew up there.

The boat has been stored indoors for the last 40 years and overall this is in fair condition. The hull is good but gunnel, bow and stern need some work, as do the seats (pictures tell it all). I am looking for someone who can help me identify the boat, as we would like to do "something" with it and knowing what it actually is would be very helpful. Is there anyone who might be able to help please let me know, I have more detailed pictures.
Thanks, Jack

 

[Dan Miller]

It definitely has guideboat construction - the flat bottom board, ribs sawn from knees, the seat risers and portage yoke. It was obviously built to support an outboard motor.

The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origins, Its Builders and their Boats by Stephen Sulavik (with Ted Comstock and Chris Woodward), is an excellent book for identifying guideboat builders. I flipped through very quickly and didn't see any obvious connections to a builder, but perhaps with book in hand alongside the boat, something more might be learned.

 

[Maxtoon]

Absolutely agree with Dan. It looks like it was built by a guidebook builder, but more along the line of a "church" boat. Great looking watercraft, would be challenging to restore by worthy of the effort.