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OBJECT TYPE: ROWING/LAPSTRAKE
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.1189.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Canoe Co.
MODEL: VERCHERES
LOCATION: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cedar; copper nails; metal keel and painter rings; cedar ribbing.

Dimensions

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

Length: 370.2 cm
Width: 115.0 cm
Height: 39.2 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: Canadian Canoe
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Peterborough

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Typical of pleasure craft of the first quarter of the 20th Century.
Function: Pleasure craft used for rowing on inland waterways.
Technical: Representative of small boats built in Ontario up until c. 1965.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Bow deck: red, green and yellow decal in the shape of a maple leaf appears above a second banner-shaped decal bearing message: 'MADE IN CANADA'./Shield-shaped decal below bears following text: 'CANADIAN/CANOE CO./[--]/PETERBOROUGH/CANADA'./Stern deck: second Mfr's decal (?) present, but illegible.
Missing: Rudder and lines are missing, brass stem. Some floor slats.
Finish: Reddish brown cedar, varnished.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Canoe Co., Skiff, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1984.1189, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1189.001/

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