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The pictures and description at the links below may help. Good luck, Benson...

Here is a restoration of a "Basket Case" birchbark canoe for your viewing pleasure. I got this one for free! The previous owner did not...

Would anyone have photos they could share of early wood canvas Rushton's with long decks and combing. I believe the combing on my custom...

Here is a restoration of a "Basket Case" birchbark canoe for your viewing pleasure. I got this one for free! The previous owner did not...

MIke, nice turnabout stating original intent. touche lol This dog still hunts - just between occasional naps..... Cant talk now, off...

Andre; I do believe you have unlocked the secret to getting views! It only took me 46 years.

Agree about that varnish. An old finish makes a statement. No amount of skillful varnishing can duplicate it. On old guns, fiddles, fly...

Andre; I do believe you have unlocked the secret to getting views! It only took me 46 years.

I was wondering if you would pick up on that and you did. Such a tracking dog. ;)

I tend to line up with Halle's views on this. Many of the canoes deserved to remain as museum pieces simply on the basis of their...

According to that article, the Museum sold those boats because they weren't sourced in the Adirondacks. I wish Blanchard had made a...

There are no known Penn Yan serial number records available so there isn't much more that anyone here can tell you, unfortunately...

Post now over 2k views, so there it is. On re-reading it and reflecting, i have to ask Mike if he was referring to Ferdy or me. Andre...

Sorry, my bad. That is a GN200.

Friends, I stumbled across a Penn Yan sailing canoe last week, stamped CN200. Any help with specific info? Thanks in advance. Mark