General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

WOOD STRUCTURE WITH METAL STRAPS AND HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

466.0 cm

Width

79.0 cm

Height

37.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Naval architecture

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

HERALD

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Gore's Landing

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY 1860'S UP TO 1920'S WHEN RICE LAKE CANOE CO. FOLDED

Canada

THE HERALD FAMILY WAS AN EARLY BOATBUILDING FAMILY IN ONTARIO. DANIEL HERALD, AN EARLY BUILDER OF THE 'CANADIAN CANOE' AND DESIGNER OF THE 'HERALD PATENT' MOULD FOR CEDAR CANOE CONSTRUCTION, WAS THE FOUNDER, IN 1862, OF THE BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO.

Function

USED AS A FRAME AROUND WHICH TO CONSTRUCT A CANOE; IN THIS CASE A 16 FT. HERALD PATENT CANOE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY CANOE MOULD. THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF MOULD WAS PATENTED BY DANIEL HERALD TO PROTECT HIS DOUBLE-SKIN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE HE DEVELOPED FOR BUILDING CEDAR CANOES. DOUBLE-SKIN CONSTRUCTION PRODUCED CANOES WHICH WERE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG, AND THE SMOOTH INNER SKIN WAS EASIER TO CLEAN, & MORE COMFORTABLE FOR KNEELING ON, QUALITIES APPRECIATED BY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SOME EVIDENCE OF HANDWRITING ON STATION MOLDS BUT DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER AS IT IS COVERED BY TOP WOODEN BLOCK

Missing

METAL STRAPPING RUSTY/ WOOD REMOVED AND MISSING FROM CENTERLINE AFT OF THE STEM [REF 2]/ WOOD GENERALLY DETERIORATED AND SMALL SECTIONS MISSING

Finish

RED PAINT ON OUTSIDE AT BOTH STEM ENDS WITH REMAINS OF GREY PAINT ON SIDES IN BETWEEN/ METAL STRAPS UNFINISHED

Decoration

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