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

31.0 cm

Width

32.0 cm

Height

5.0 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 Canvas covered canoe first made by the Chestnt Canoe Co.. The company was named after it’s founding family, the Chestnuts of Frederiction, NB, and was established in 1904; Chestnut canoes were produced until 1978. The company built 12 Voyageur-Type, Canvas-covered canoes, one for each of the Canadian provinces and territories, for use in the 1967 Centennial celebrations. At the celebrations a group of “Voyageurs” used them to travel across Canada ending up in Ottawa.

Function

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

Technical

Hull covered with treated canvas

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none apparent

Missing

N/A

Finish

Clear lacquered cedar planks which are 7.5 cm wide fastened with either copper or brass nails (?). There is a cutaway section which shows the wood plank, the unfinished canvas, the white painted canvas and the finish product which is red painted canvas.

Decoration

N/A