Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

WOOD (AS PER WORKSHEET) OR ALUMINUM (AS PER CATALOGUE CARD) [TO BE CONFIRMED AT A LATER DATE WHEN MODEL MORE ACCESSIBLE]/ PLASTIC

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

47,0 cm

Largeur

23,0 cm

Hauteur

34,2 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Transports maritimes

Catégorie

Maquettes

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

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Bassett Lowke

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Northampton

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

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: "Employed in freshwater commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes to catch whitefish, lake trout, pickerel, etc. Design developed by Lake Erie fishermen. Steel-hulled, diesel-engined craft, 50 to 65 feet long suiteable for fishing in rough weather. Power operated net handler. Crew of three or four. Gill-nets rigged with floats and lead weights and usually set on the bottom. Sometimes nets are joined end to end, stretching many miles over fishing grounds. Hauled in forward side of vessel with mechanical net lifter." (Source: LIbrary and Archives Canada)

Fonction

Fishing boat models present accurate scale-model replicas of actual fishing boats, in this case a Lake Erie fishing-tug, a type of fishing vessel that set gill nets for whitefish, perch, lake trout, and other freshwater species in the Great Lakes.

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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Manque

There is a loose small panel with the model that appears to be a door or hatch cover but its proper location is not apparent. Porthole behind opening on port side missing its glazing.Otherwise appears complete.

Fini

IN A PLASTIC CASE WITH BROWN HARDWOOD BASE/ BELOW WATER LINE BOAT IS MAROON, THEN BLACK & WHITE DECK/ MADE OF

Décoration

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