Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

2 5889

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Wood (including white cedar and oak; possibly also butternut and mahogany); metal (including copper) nails, metal trim (including aluminum and brass) and miscellaneous fittings.

Dimensions

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

Longueur

458,0 cm

Largeur

74,0 cm

Hauteur

29,5 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports maritimes

Catégorie

Navires

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

PETERBOROUGH

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Peterborough

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

This canoe possibly used c. 1920s +.

Canada

The cedar-rib canoe was invented in 1879 by John S. Stephenson of Ashburnham, Ontario. (Stephenson is also credited with designing the cedar-strip technique of canoe construction). He sold his patent rights to both construction methods to the Ontario Canoe Co. in the early 1880s, the precursor to the Peterborough Canoe Co. (est. 1892). The cedar rib canoe soon became the "top-of-the-line" wooden canoe of one of Canada's- and the world's- best known canoe builders. (ref. 1)

Fonction

Used as means of personal transportation over the surface of water.

Technique

Cedar-rib construction represents the apogee of wooden, commercial canoe building. It is one of Five principle techniques associated with the commercial production of wooden canoes in Canada, and arguably the most sophisticated. Cedar-rib canoes have strips of cedar running gunwale to gunwale, and fit flush to one another, tongue-in-groove. This technique results in a strong hull form that requires no keelson or ribs, making it lighter and smoother than other canoe designs. A few inner stringers are all that is added to the inside surface to provide the canoe with the necessary rigidity. (ref. 1)

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Metal plates (4) fixed to canoe stamped " PETERBOROUGH CANOE/ CO./ LIMITED/ PETERBOROUGH, CAN." "2 5889" incised in combing of bow deck.

Manque

Original paddles and sailing rig are missing. According to R. MacGregor, the canoe "... is by no means original or even complete." (ref. 2)

Fini

NB: Finish is not original.

Décoration

S/O