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Our event is happening is happening this Saturday, May 20th. Hope to see some local area members of the CanoeTripping forums stop by and say hi.

For those folks who might be in the area, the Northern Lakes (Canada) chapter of the WCHA is participating in a canoe-themed event taking place on Saturday May 20th in Orillia, Ontario. The event is being held at the Leacock National Historic Site to celebrate the launch of a new exhibit in the...

Patrick, Was this the canoe that had the heart shape deck with faded outline of a Chestnut decal on it? If so, here's a little graphic I put together using known samples of a confirmed pre-fire decal (1918) at the Canadian Canoe Museum and the version that appears from the post-fire period to...

Thanks Patrick. Looks like its been restored and a reproduction decal put on. Do you happen to know per chance if this was recently done? It looks like the decal being currently offered by the Canadian Canoe Museum and the WCHA store.

Here's a relatively recent canoe sculpture in Toronto near the Humber River. The city has installed various plaques along this urban section of the historic Carrying Place portage trail.

I'm trying to research and document the subtle changes of the Chestnut Canoe Co decal/logo that occurred over the years to create a timeline. Hoping folks would be willing to upload and share closeup images of the the decals on their Chestnut canoes along with any details like the approximate...

Yes, there are quite a few results in their online collections search, but the vast majority of their canoe stuff has not been photographed and uploaded. The Walter Dean paddle I mentioned and the triplet set of Mohawk paddles from Six Nations of the Grand River are online, but most of the...

For any members in the Greater Toronto / Southern Ontario area... The Northern Lakes (Canada) Chapter of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association has organized a group tour of the canoe-related artefacts in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Due to staffing constraints we are limited to...

Here's a Toronto postcard from 1910 showcasing a War Canoe race in the harbour... Below is a photo of a War Canoe race down the Humber River, Toronto, June 1, 1929. Note all the spectators in smaller watercraft lining the marshy banks. Sometimes dragonboat and/or outrigger canoe races are...

Always enjoyed the footage in that video. Before being uploaded onto YouTube, it used to play on a continuous loop in a corner at the Canadian Canoe Museum. Apparently Blomfield was a champion paddler for the Toronto Canoe Club in his younger days. His image was used by boat builder Walter Dean...

Thanks for this resource too, Benson! Already came across another vintage film (circa 1906) that features canoes being portaged by horse-drawn carriage as well as being transported by steamship. https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/24427 The guides look so confident paddling...

Came across a neat silent film (1927) called "Moose Country". Showcases some really great tripping shots and exciting whitewater. The paddlers certainly knew how to handle cedar canvas hulls and put them to work. It's hosted on Archive.org and can't seem to embed the video here so the link is...

There's a short segment on wood canvas canoes in the following video. It showcases a young canoe builder / restorer working out of Dwight, Ontario, Brian Cook of Cook Craft Canoe Co. Some neat shots of his shop and work in progress

Just an observation... The gentleman in the video, Rob Tait of Orca Boats, is using a non-traditional, water-soluble latex filler that is white in color. Then he used a white primer so it would be pretty difficult to spot the difference between the primer and filler layers. But, traditional...

Also read the news in the latest issue of Wooden Canoe journal. It takes a while to get to us Canadian members. I've been with the WCHA for many years now too. I'm also part of the group helping with the Northern Lakes / Canada chapter of the WCHA. We've been trying to re-animate the group...

A neat canoe race takes place every September with the Start / Finish line on the adjacent property to our cottage. It's called the Muskoka River X race. Mutiple races take place over the weekend, but the big one is a 24 hr - 133km race connecting 4 of the major lakes & towns in the area. Here...

Many of the Canadian listings on the membership page are indeed no longer in operation. This past summer, I compiled a more current list of active builders / restorers for the Canadian chapter of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Not all are Guild members, but this new list can be viewed at...

Thanks for the responses everyone. Patrick, very much appreciate your images of your deck showing the undercut on the lobes. For sure my decks are replacements. Robin, I'll definitely re-examine the thwart tapering and plank width. The Robertson screws and the brass stem band must be newer...

Hoping some of the wood canoe experts on the forum can chime in about a new acquisition. I think it might be a possible pre-fire Chestnut built before the Dec 1921 fire destroyed the factory and all the building forms. Apologies for the quality of the photos which were taken during a freak snow...

Not sure if you need this, but Lloyd of Canoe Canada East has a tutorial on how to make a canvas pack complete with all the plans and photos needed to finish the job... https://www.canoecanadaeast.com/do-it-yourself-canoe-portage-pack.htm