Canoe section model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 2000
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2011.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gillesse, Phillip
- MODEL
- Chestnut Canvas Covered Canoe
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
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Gillesse, Phillip, Canoe section model, 2000, Artifact no. 2011.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0078.001/
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