Rice Lake Canoe

Pmkon

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Hello,

I have almost finished the restoration of a 1920's Rice Lake Canoe. I need some help concerning the floor boards. In this canoe there were 2 boards, one on either side of the keelsom. I have the brass clips that were used to hold them in place but the boards themselves are long gone. The canoe was rescued from being thrown onto a bon fire so perhaps that is were they ended up. I am hoping that someone can pass on dimensions or photos of the floorboards from a Rice Lake canoe or a Peterborough canoe of the same age.
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Thanks for your help in getting this canoe finished.
 
The 1927 Peterborough catalog at https://woodencanoemuseum.org/index.php/manufacturer-catalog/peterborough-1927 may help. The slat style is shown on page 14 and the solid style is on page 16. There is also a nice Rice Lake catalog available at https://woodencanoemuseum.org/index.php/manufacturer-catalog/rice-lake-canoe-co but I didn't see any pictures of the floor boards. The pictures at http://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/14008/ and http://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/7691/ may also help. Good luck,

Benson
 
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Apologies that I wasn't aware of this post earlier; just came across it. I may be able to help a bit. A few years back, I located an early Rice Lake sailing canoe which had floorboards; see attached pics. I am also the owner of a 6' ca. 1900 Rice Lake factory 'display sample, which likewise has similar, scale floorboards; last two photos, also attached. Hope these help. If you need anything further, pm me and I may be able to put you in touch with the person to whom the full-size sailing canoe eventually went. Cheers.
 

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