General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

WOOD MODEL/ PLASTIC CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

45.5 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Height

33.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bassett Lowke

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Northampton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1955-1960s

Canada

This model was one of a series of 11 models commissioned by the federal Department of Fisheries (DFO) for "The Gallery of Canadian Fishes,"an exhibition opened at the Royal Ontario Museum on March 28, 1955. The exhibition included models of fish species, habitat groups, and fishing boat models. Though the ROM intended the Gallery of Canadian Fishes to be permanent, it closed in the 1960s. The 1955 exhibition text panel for this model read: "Principal catch of the Atlantic long-liner is cod, haddock, flounders and other bottom feeding fish. The long-liner ranges in length fom 45 to 65 feet, is usually diesel powered and carries a crew of four men. The gear of the long-liner is similar to that used by halibut boats. Long lines are strung out with thousands of baited hooks. These lines are weighted to rest on the ocean floor. After an hour or two they are hauled in by power winches and the fish removed from the hooks." (Source: Library and Archives Canada)

Function

Fishing boat models present accurate scale-model replicas of actual fishing boats, in this case an Atlantic long-liner, a type of fishing vessel that set long baited fishing lines for halibut and other bottom-dwelling fish common in the Atlantic ocean.

Technical

This model, commissioned by the Canadian Department of Fisheries, is a 1:48 scale model from British model-makers Bassett-Lowke. Bassett-Lowke made 11 models from specifications provided by DFO, ten of which were exhibited in the Gallery of Canadian Fishes: a Pacific halibut boat; a federal fisheries patrol vessel; an otter-trawler; a Lake Erie fish-tug; a purse seiner; a Pacific troller; an Atlantic long-liner; a British Columbia gill-netter; an inshore-dragger; and a Lake Winnipeg gillnetter. An eleventh model, a Northumberland Strait lobster boat was not apparently exhibited. Archival records indicate that Bassett-Lowke made duplicate models of Atlantic fishing vessels in 1956 for an exhibit in Halifax and an additional six vessel types, possibly for the National Museum of Man, that same year.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

none apparent

Finish

MODEL IS IN A PLASTIC CASE WITH A HARDWOOD BASE/ BOAT IS MAROON UP TO WATER LINE THEN WHITE WITH BROWN TRIM/ ONE 3 DOOR CABIN ASTERN/ AHEAD OF MIDSHIP, A DOOR TO BELOW DECK/ 2 MASTS & 3 BOOMS/ ONE GREY LIFEBOAT

Decoration

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