Trying to identify this wooden canoe
- Thread starter tjscheppat
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My guess would be a Thompson Hiawatha model as shown below. See the link below for more details.
Benson
woodencanoemuseum.org
Benson
Thompson Brothers | Wooden Canoe Museum
tjscheppat
New Member
Thank you!!! Will check measurements.
tjscheppat
New Member
That is it! 7/8” keel, 33 beam, 16 feet and a matching bottom. Do you have any idea on how to determine the age?
MGC
Scrapmaker
You could reach out to Andreas Rhude. thompsonboat@msn.com
He shows up on this forum from time to time but not recently. He helped me to date my cartopper.
He shows up on this forum from time to time but not recently. He helped me to date my cartopper.
The link above indicates that it was listed in the catalogs from 1921-1943. A more accurate age is probably not available.
Benson
Dave Osborn
LIFE MEMBER
Around 1938 the artwork in the catalog changed to reflect spaces between the half ribs like yours has. Prior to that half ribs showed as butted to the ribs with no spaces.
While it’s not totally definitive it can be used as a guideline to date yours post 1938.
While it’s not totally definitive it can be used as a guideline to date yours post 1938.
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