Rigger
Curious about Wooden Canoes
About twenty or so years ago, I acquired a 15' Howe canoe from my father. This thread will provide some kind of documentation of it. I'm not the best writer in the world, so the thread may bounce around a bit; you've been warned.
My dad grew up in Kearsarge, Michigan, on the upper peninsula. He bought this canoe new in about 1940, maybe '41 or '42. It is a green 15-footer, with two seats. He told me that it was shipped to Michigan by rail. When he went to Marquette to pick it up at the train station, it was wrapped in burlap. Anecdotal family history says that his first date with my mother was in this canoe.
I spent a few days in Maine this week. I drove over to Coopers Mills to see if I could find any remnants of the Howe Fur Company. No joy. I did however find what I think is the final resting place of Hiram "Ed" Howe.
Riggs
My dad grew up in Kearsarge, Michigan, on the upper peninsula. He bought this canoe new in about 1940, maybe '41 or '42. It is a green 15-footer, with two seats. He told me that it was shipped to Michigan by rail. When he went to Marquette to pick it up at the train station, it was wrapped in burlap. Anecdotal family history says that his first date with my mother was in this canoe.
I spent a few days in Maine this week. I drove over to Coopers Mills to see if I could find any remnants of the Howe Fur Company. No joy. I did however find what I think is the final resting place of Hiram "Ed" Howe.
Riggs
