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Vintage canoe research project.

Dialogue with others about this project.

Phase II - Using family connections - March 2005.

Since my father-in law's younger brother David was working on a family history, I began communicating with him to see what information he might have or could dig up.

2005-03-08:
Sorry but I don't know anything about how Art got the canoe. It just seems to me that he always had it since I was quite young. I do remember he and Cecilia setting out from our cottage for their honeymoon trip to Beausoliel Island. There were some waves on the lake and I had never experienced someone going out in a boat and not coming back before it got dark. I do have some pictures with various occupants in the boat if you're interested. I do know that it was kept in a boathouse near the mouth of the Humber when not at the cottage. May be it was somebody there who was the original owner. The boathouse is long gone, the Gardner Expressway now crosses the river where it stood. Sorry I couldn't help you more but if anything does occur to me I'll get back to you.
David

I responded later the same day:

Thanks for these insights. They all help with putting together a picture of the circumstances under which it was used.

I would most definitely be interested in any pictures you might have of the boat, most especially with the sails deployed. That is a characteristic that would be most helpful in the search to identify the manufacturer. I do not have any pictures with the sails unfurled.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Look forward to continuing the dialogue.
David

The following day, some fascinating pictures were forwarded and are now part of the photo gallery for this project. Unfortunately, he told me "I don't have any with the sails unfurled but I'm sending these along any way for interest. They were all taken at the cottage probably with an old box brownie so they're not too sharp."

At this point, I took a break from the research project. I was not able to readily access the canoe to search for additional features and identifying marks.

The research continues:

• Phase III - Picking up where I left off - August 2006.
• Phase IV - Other contacts in 2006.
• Phase V - Other contacts from 2007 to date.

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