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Most forums are configured to restrict the ability to add pictures and/or links to your messages until after you have posted several times. Pictures can be used to bypass text based content filters. Spammers profit by adding links and other techniques for directing traffic to other sites. Benson

I thought so, the granite blocks have arrived since I was bicycling (with a Reynolds 531 frame) and paddling there regularly. Gilman Falls has always been a very special place to me for a number of reasons. My great-great-grandfather moved there in 1834 when he was 24 to build and manage a saw...

Gilman Falls? Benson

As shown below, Benson

Yes, the earliest canvas canoes had rails that extended past the stems like the bark canoes. Most builders stopped making ends like this around 1905, except White. These are still available today from Island Falls Canoe as shown in the link below. Examples of the White and Carleton nameplates...

My guess based on the deck shapes in the last image would be a White on the left and a Carleton on the right. There also appears to be an oval White nameplate showing. Two of the images on the linked site clearly show the "D" shaped stern seat which is another White characteristic. The links...

The 1980 catalog introduced the 14 foot, 10 inch long Pathfinder and it was last listed in 2004. The 'new' Camper 15 model was introduced in the 2006 catalog with the same dimensions as the old Pathfinder. The Camper 15 and 16 models were last listed in the 2014 catalog. Let me know if this...

The page below compares the Pack, Pathfinder, and Camper from the 2003 catalog. The basic designs are similar but the dimensions are substantially different. My general advice in situations like this is to try a canoe before you buy it. Small boats are very personal so what feels right to me...

The article at the link below indicates that his equipment was loaned from the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute for the exhibit. The museum has some pack baskets but not a large collection of other camping equipment. Their focus is on canoes. Benson...

Their collection list includes two Duluth packs that are on display (inventory numbers O253 and O254) in a case. There are no aluminum canoes currently in their collection. They do have a "Grumman Dowmetal Magnesium Canoe" but it is not currently on display. I would encourage you to contact...

Yes, my brother worked in the shipping department at the Old Town Canoe company when he was a teenager. The foreman had sternly warned him to be sure that the lines were as tight as possible when he was securing a canoe. He tied his truckers hitch and then jumped up in the air to put all of...

I don't know of anyone who is actively making Tom's canoes today. Most of his things went to the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum. The link below has more details about them. Tom was a character. Benson https://www.wisconsincanoeheritagemuseum.org/

A sailing canoe is another option. Benson

I have a number of Old Town Canoe catalogs from the early 1900s to the 2000s and several other wooden canoe builders if anyone is looking for those. The link below shows the covers. I'm also open to trades if you have something interesting. Benson...

My brother drove a truck and trailer loaded with Old Town canoes for a few years and reports that having the canoes covered or open didn't make any noticable difference with his mileage. Snow or slush on the road would drop the mileage significantly and the canoes required much more cleaning...

No, and the large number software 'bots' which are constantly scanning everything on the internet further inflate totals like this. The Facebook 'post reach' statistics suffer from similar issues. Numbers like these need to be viewed with great suspicion and taken with a very large 'grain of...

See the link below and at https://forum.woodenboat.com/forum/misc-boat-related/125311/page4#post5912944 for my lists of wooden canoes and other small boats from many years ago. They add up quickly, Benson https://forums.wcha.org/threads/the-wooden-canoes-weve-owned.13973/

Page 10 of the 1956 Peterborough catalog at the link below has more details. Benson https://woodencanoemuseum.org/manufacturer-catalog/peterborough-canoe-company-1956

The information and pictures at the link below might interest you. N. C. Wyeth, purchased a very old bark canoe and brought it to his studio in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. There is a link to a video which shows it at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It is similar to one that is currently on...

The Old Town advertisements for the Berrigan were considerably more tame as shown below. Benson