I'm having a discussion with another WCHA member who has begun restoration work on an all wood, strip built canoe, manufacturer unknown. Instead of the shiplap construction I would expect to see in a Peterborough, this canoe has a metal spline between each strip, and the wood strips have grooves on each edge. I have a faint, old memory of seeing something built like this at the museum at Blue Mountain Lake, but do not recall the builder. What is the proper name for this sort of construction?
Tom McCloud
Tom McCloud