General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cedar planks with copper or brass nails.

Dimensions

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

Length

30.5 cm

Width

31.5 cm

Height

4.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessel parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GILLESSE

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This is an example of a Cedar Strip Canoe first made by the William English Canoe Company. William English grew up building wagons and sleighs. In 1861 he purchased a canoe mold and patterns from John Stephenson then set up a canoe-making shop at 182 Charlotte St, Gores Landing on the shore of Rice Lake. His shop employed five or six workmen building a variety of small craft. After William died in 1891, the company was taken over by his brothers, James and Samuel W. English who sold it to the Peterborough Canoe Company in 1914.

Function

Interior section of a canoe to show its structure and design.

Technical

Cedarstrip construction is among the best known of the early wooden canoe types. The styled was originally developed by J.S. Stephenson in 1883. The hull is made up of long strips of cedar running stem to sterns. Ship laps are also joined one above the other. The hull has half-round ribs fashioned from rock elm and arranged on two inch centres, which helps to strengthen it.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none apparent

Missing

N/A

Finish

Clear lacquered cedar planks which are 3.5 cm wide fastened with either copper or brass nails (?).

Decoration

N/A