Found this at an estate sale.
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Canoe Art: Paintings, Sketches, Sculpture, Architecture
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Also found at the estate sale of a very prolific local photographer. That's McGown Peak in the background of Stanley Lake. Neither the peak nor the lake look exactly like that, ever since the 6.5 magnatude earthquake that centered north of here on March 31, 2020. A large chunk of rock shook off the peak, and that beach sunk out of sight under the lake permanently. No ID on the canoe.
ETA: As of this summer, it's possible that most of those trees are also up in smoke. I probably won't know until I get a chance to head up there when they reopen the highway.
ETA: As of this summer, it's possible that most of those trees are also up in smoke. I probably won't know until I get a chance to head up there when they reopen the highway.
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This peak and lake were also featured on the Old Town catalog cover in 1975.
Benson
Cool to have an image of geology that's changed in your lifetime. Should I comment that the guy allegedly paddling upstream looks like he's rowing, or that he might as well pole up anyhoo? 
No ID on the canoe.
The canoe has the jutting "torpedo" ends characteristic of an Old Town Molitor and many of the courting canoes popular in the early 20th century.
Glenn, the red canoe in the picture Steve sent doesn't look like a Molitor to me. Those shiny gunnels look like aluminum to me, but could be something else. Not that it can be told for sure from the picture, but the exterior red finish looks more like mistreated fiberglass than painted canvas. I used to sell a lot of Old Town canoes, which included a few Molitors, and the ones I remember were all dark wood. That doesn't mean there weren't some that were lighter in color. I just don't remember any. Admittedly, it was a long time ago, and my rememberer could be faulty. That model also had no thwartsr, the gunnels being stiff enough that none were needed. Sort of heavy, even for a wood and canvas boat. I liked the look of that canoe enough that I contemplated getting an unfinished (no canvas) Molitor, the shortest one they'd make me for primarily solo use, and doing a birchbark replica (in fiberglass) to the exterior for "wow" factor, but never did it. This was back in the early 1970s. They were cool-looking craft.
"The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America" shows some Ojibway "long-nose" canoes on pages 125, 127 and 130, which could have been some of the inspiration for the Molitor?
I really like Phillip Goodwin.
Acorn whimsy, acornwhimsy.com
A guy and his wife produce art using tiny acorn people he makes from tiny sticks and acorns in various outdoor settings and poses. I found them at a large village festival vending their art. This canoeist is paddling on a lake in Glacier National Park. I also have another print of an acorn man "hiker" on top of Whiteface Mountain overlooking Lake Placid, and another which is a photo of a part of a moose's head peeking out from behind a birch tree.
A guy and his wife produce art using tiny acorn people he makes from tiny sticks and acorns in various outdoor settings and poses. I found them at a large village festival vending their art. This canoeist is paddling on a lake in Glacier National Park. I also have another print of an acorn man "hiker" on top of Whiteface Mountain overlooking Lake Placid, and another which is a photo of a part of a moose's head peeking out from behind a birch tree.
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My picture of a picture could maybe be clearer. When I get home, I'll have to get out a magnifying glass and see if I can make out the logo.
ppine wrote - "I really like Phillip Goodwin."
Me too - I have a few Goodwin canoeing prints, inherited from a former family cabin my parents purchased in the 50s.
Goodwin was a prolific commercial artist and illustrator as well. I believe he was a contemporary and friend of the well known western artist, Charlie Russell.
wjmc
Me too - I have a few Goodwin canoeing prints, inherited from a former family cabin my parents purchased in the 50s.
Goodwin was a prolific commercial artist and illustrator as well. I believe he was a contemporary and friend of the well known western artist, Charlie Russell.
wjmc
