Key details
- Current boat name
- Canadian tongue and groove canoe
- Boat class
- 6906
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.67 / 15ft 4in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 0.78 / 2ft 7in
Design and build
- Designer
- Stephenson
- Design date
- 1879
- Date of build
- 1885c
- Place of build
- Canada
Current status
- Present use
- Store
History
Canadian tongue & groove canoe, factory built by Ontario Canoes Peterborough.between 1883 and 1892. Identified by makers plate see image 3. This unusual building system , which gave a strong light hull, was patented by John Stephenson in 1879, adopted by the Ontario Canoe Company in 1883 and built by them until the factory burned down in 1892. When rebuilt the site became the well known Peterborough Canoe Company. Aug 15 GH A similar canoe was auctioned by Bonhams at Henley in 2005. Further research in hand GH Nov 15