General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CEDAR STRIP/ CENTER STEERING WHEEL, ROPE CONTROLS

Dimensions

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

Length

38.1 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessels

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PETERBOROUGH

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Peterborough

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1948 TO PRESENT

Canada

ALTHOUGH MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CANOES, THE PETERBOROUGH CANOE CO. ALSO DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED A WIDE RANGE OF SMALL RECREATION BOATS, SUCH AS THIS SMALL RUNABOUT, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR IN CANADA, AND IN PARTS OF THE USA.

Function

Unknown

Technical

BUILT USING THE SAME CEDAR-STRIP METHOD DEV'D BY JOHN STEPHENSON IN THE 1880S AND WIDELY USED IN CANOE CONSTRUCTION, THE LAKESIDE WAS 1ST INTRODUCED IN 1935 AND REMAINED IN PRODUCTION UNTIL AT LEAST 1958. IT WASDESIGNED TO BE POWERED BY AN OUTBOARD. (REF. 2)ONE OF LAST MODELS MADE BEFORE FIBREGLASS BOATS BECAME STANDARD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'PETERBOROUGH LAKESIDE' DECAL ON DASH/ 'PETERBOROUGH' DECAL ON SIDES

Missing

SPEED CONTROL

Finish

VARNISHED

Decoration

N/A