Canadian wood & canvas Canoe

Current boat name

Canadian wood & canvas Canoe

Boat class

6906

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Length (m / ft)

5.66 / 18ft 7in

Beam (m / ft)

0.94 / 3ft 1in

Place of build

Perth New Brunswick

Present use

Store

Removed from Beale park Dec 16 Canvas covered wooden canoe, built by H.W. Lewis of Perth New Brunswick. 18’7” x 3’1” White hull, interior varnish. High build quality, with some poor repairs. Some woodworm in fore end. Two matching paddles. On display R&RBM. Formerly stored at Eyemouth as Now confirmed as one canoe A012. Sep 2014 GH This wood and canvas canoe has several interesting features strip planked on cedar ribs, canvas sheathed, open gunwales, layout and construction very similar to the canoes made by the Chestnut Canoe Co. ( also of New Brunswick) C 1914 Detailed investigation in hand GH Nov 15