Skiff
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECREATIONAL
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SAUVE BROS.
- MODEL
- ST. LAWRENCE
- LOCATION
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WHITE CEDAR OVER OAK RIBS; BUTTERNUT DECKS & DECK-CAPS; BLACK WALNUT COAMING; METAL ROD HOLDERS AND CLIPS HAVE BEEN PLATED; METAL NAILS AND HARDWARE..4-.5 PINE OARS. THOLEPIN MOUNTS AND OARS HAVE LEATHER PADS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 579.0 cm
- Width
- 111.0 cm
- Height
- 71.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Vessels
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SAUVE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Brockville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS SKIFF WAS PROBABLY USED C. 1890S+
- Canada
-
SKIFF ATTRIBUTED TO SAUVE BROS. (BOATBUILDERS) OF BROCKVILLE, ONT., ACTIVE C. 1880-1894, PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN AND MOSTCELEBRATED OF ALL MAKERS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SKIFF. DEVELOPED LARGELY FOR ANGLING & GUIDING, THIS TYPE OF BOAT WAS POPULAR WITH VISITORS TO THE AREA'S TOURIST HOTELS: AS WELL, THEY WERE BUILT LOCALLY, AND SHIPPED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION OVER WATER, USUALLY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, FOR 1-3 PASSENGERS. - Technical
-
THE ST. LAWRENCE SKIFF FORM EVOLVED FOR USE IN SHORT TRIPS, AND FOR PASSENGERS, NOT FOR CARRYING FREIGHT OVER LONG DISTANCES. IT IS RELATIVELY LONG & NARROW, SHARP-STERNED, AND OF SMOOTH-LAP CONSTRUCTION. IT HAS TWO WIDE THWART SEATS, AS WELL AS FAN-SHAPED SEATS IN THE BOW & STERN. IT WAS ROWED WITH A PAIR OF NON-FEATHERING OARS, PIVOTING ON THOLEPINS. [REF.2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None visible.
- Missing
- SKIFF APPEARS COMPLETE, ALTHOUGH APPROXIMATELY HALF THE ORIGINAL WOOD WAS REPLACED (INCLUDING ALL OF THE RIBS, THE DECKS AND THWARTS) IN 1994. (REF.2) MAY ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH A CANE-BACKED & SEATED CHAIR
- Finish
- INTERIOR & EXTERIOR OF SKIFF HULL PAINTED GREY; DECKS AND GUNWALES VARNISHED. METAL CLIPS MOUNTED ON GUNWALES FOR SECURING FISHING RODS HAVE BEEN PLATED.
- Decoration
- SKIFF FITTED WITH HORSE-SHOE SHAPED METAL BRACKETS FOR SECURING GRIP END OF FISHING ROD INSIDE SKIFF.
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