Canoe
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEDAR STRIP
- DATE
- 1890–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0360.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ENGLISH, WILLIAM CANOE CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CEDAR STRIP CANOE; COPPER FLOAT BLADDERS; METAL (BRASS ?) HARDWARE & FITTINGS, INCLUDING BANG STRIP/.2 DARK STAINED WOODEN POST; METAL PULLEY FOR HOISTING SAIL/.3 COTTON CANVAS SAIL WITH WOODEN SUPPORTS OR STAYS; FIBRE ROPE; METAL FITTINGS & HARDWARE; WOODEN RING FOR ATTACHMENT;.4-.5 BASSWOOD FLOORBOARDS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 482.6 cm
- Width
- 76.2 cm
- Height
- 30.5 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
- ENGLISH
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Peterborough
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS CANOE PROBABLY MFD. BETWEEN 1890-1910. ACTUAL DATES OF USE ARE UNKNOWN.
- Canada
-
WILLIAM ENGLISH IS REGARDED AS A SEMINAL FIGURE IN THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANADIAN CANOE, AND THE COMPANY HE FOUNDED REPRESENTS THE FORMAL BEGINNING OF WHAT LATER BECAME A MAJOR CANADIAN INDUSTRY. (REF.1, P.2) - Function
-
SERVES AS MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION OVER WATER. - Technical
-
THIS CANOE DEMONSTRATES CLASSIC LONGITUDINAL CEDAR-STRIP DESIGN, AND COMES WITH MAST STEP FOR SAILING. IT IS CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVEOF THE PRODUCT LINE OF THE FIRST COMMERICAL CANOE MANUFACTORY IN CANADA. (REF. 1, P.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Decal on bow deck reads "W. ENGLISH [C]ANOE CO./ PETERBOROUGH/ ON[T]ARIO/ CANA[DA]", printed on maple leaf-shaped background. Coin glued/embedded below depicts King George, and reads "GEORGIUS V DEI GRAS REX IND. IMP." 3 metal plates screwed to outside, proper left side at thwart attachment points stamped "THE/ WM. ENGLISH CANOE CO./ PETERBOROUGH, CANADA "; 3 plates on right side not marked./.4 " REAR/ LEFT " handwritten in black grease pencil on one end.
- Missing
- COMPLETE, WITH SOME PRIOR RESORATION WORK. SEE TWO APPRAISALS IN SUPP. INFO. FILE FOR DETAILS. From CA of 08/14/1996 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- .1 CANOE &.4-.5 FLOOR BOARDS HEAVILY VARNISHED..3 NATURAL COTTON CANVAS SAIL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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ENGLISH, WILLIAM CANOE CO., Canoe, circa 1890–1910, Artifact no. 1996.0360, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0360.001/
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