sears wood/canvas

[woodenkayakguy]

Can anybody tell me when Sears stopped selling wood/canvas canoes and who made them

 

[davelanthier]

To the best of my knowlege the Simpson Sears w/c canoes were sold until about 1978. These were all First Nations "Huron" canoes built on their reserve as a cottage style industry in Quebec, Canada. There were other First Nations w/c canoes [ such as Faber ] built outside of the reserve but they were not sold through S Sears. I have found that the Huron canoes were actually 6" shorter and 5 lbs. heavier than advertised. The attachments may be hard to read. They are copys from a few Simpson Sears catologues.

 

[woodenkayakguy]

Thanks Dave,you might be interested in this canoe ,it's on kijiji calgary for $350 and looks like it just needs a quick refurbish inside and new canvas