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Muskoka Builders Peterborough/Havelock Builders
Authentic birch
bark canoe, 12' 6", approx. 1984. Beautifully
handcrafted, with special lacing and spruce resin. Always
displayed indoors. Never used!
$4950
pb315
Cedar canvas
canoe, 16 ft., 2009. Sunrise Canoe Works.
"Prospector" model. Brand new, with ash yoke, gunnels and
seats. $3500
pb316
Cedar strip
Chestnut Prospector canoe, 16', (mid 1960's) in show
room condition. Beautiful restoration with new canvas,
gunnels, decks, seat caning, etc. Famous design. $2600
pb305
Wooden square
stern rowing canoe "Skylark", seats three. Cherry trim,
seats and back rest. Can be rowed or engine powered. Tracks
beautifully. Award winner! $3000
pb282
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17'
Sea Kayak - New handcrafted CLC Chesapeake 17' wood/epoxy sea
kayak. Fully outfitted and ready for the water.
High gloss varnish finish with deck rigging,
watertight hatches and bulkheads and a "Happy Bottom Pad" seat.
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Birch
Bark Canoe - Authentic one-of-a-kind Canadian built by White Water Academy
master birch bark canoe builder
Formerly
Eddie Bauer Display Canoes, brand new beautiful condition- American Traders
Cedar Strip Canoes, both are made in Canada and measure 11'7", single
seat, can add second seat. 1 used single season other new never in water.
Asking $1250 (used one), $1500 (new one) SOLD
for $1,100 (used one) and $1,400 (new one)
Builder
has two professionally built as per chestnut . Weight approx 40lb or less
. Caned seats , best cedar and ash , all brass fasteners .
Will build new to suit buyer for $2300 . Call George at 519.833.9863
In
business since 2002, Fermon Canoes is a cedar strip boat building
business located in St. Jacob's Country in the village of Hawkesville, Ontario.
We combine the best of old world technique and modern marketing in a wonderful
symbiosis to bring you the finest Mennonite-built canoes, kayaks, rowboats,
sailboats
Harwood
Water Craft offers small, wooden Sail & Row boats, handcrafted in
the Heart of Muskoka, Port Sydney Ontario tel 705-385-1452
1960
11' Chestnut "Featherweight" Canoe, Serial #10050, 34"
Beam, 12" Depth, 37 actual pounds, original canvas, varnished and painted
once since new, correct decal, second owner, never in the water since repaint
$1500.00
2 new cedar strip
canoes for sale. Hand made. Builds coffee table canoes. Located in Port
Loring Ontario, Call John (705)757-1102
ORIGINAL
Beaver Canoe built by Omer Stringer and Company.16ft and looks brand
new. beautiful shape cedar canvas canoes SOLD
A 20ft cedar canvas canoe with a 4ft 4 inch beam, 26 inches deep and
room for 11 adults, newer canvas and new wood great value SOLD
1954
Peterborough "Floatwell" 16' sponson canoe, #2210 1426, 34"
beam inside, 40" beam to outside of sponson, 12 3/4" deep, one
of the most stable cedar canoes ever made with its canvas covered cork sponsons.
1970'S 17FT, "DOUBLE
RIBBED" THIS CANOE WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE LEGENDARY CHESTNUT CANOE
CO. OF FREDERICTON N.B. IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE COMPANY'S BROCHURE AS THE
STRONGEST CANOE IN THE WORLD DUE TO IT'S UNIQUE DOUBLE WIDE RIBBING. IT HAS
BEEN BEAUTIFULLY
RESTORED BY DAN GIBSON WHO PREVIOUSLY BUILT CANOES WITH OMER STRINGER AND
THE BEAVER CANOE CO.
Check
out the Muskoka
Paddle Festival on Sat July 13 & Sun 14 at the Bracebridge Bay Park.
Great Event, Great People and Lots of Fun seeing the Wooden Canoe builders.
Take a moment and visit the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough and thank Mr. K. Wipper who was instrumental in creating the museum.
"I have always believed that the Canadian Wooden canoe is one of the
greatest achievements of mankind. There is nothing that is so aesthetically
pleasing and yet so functional and versatile as the canoe. It is as much
a part of our land as the rocks and trees and lakes and rivers. It takes
as much skill and artistry to paddle a canoe well as it does to paint a
picture of it. In this painting I wanted to capture the look and feel of
a well-worn travelling companion. There's hardly a rib or plank that isn't
cracked but after a quarter of a century it's still wearing its original
canvas." Bill Mason, Canoescapes
source: The Bill Mason Gallery
I had the opportunity to meet an excellent hobby builder who has done a wonderful job building the model, plans and has the books for building a Herreshof 11.5ft rowing/sailing dingy Asking $500 - Tel (905) 634-9892 pictures to follow shortly
RUCH CANOES Will Ruch, Tel 1-613-332-6650, located in Haliburton. His work is top rate and he specializing in building new canoes. Will delivers a special product that will bring a smile to the proud new owner of his creation.
Heirloom canoes is a Toronto Based canoe builder and restorer. Please check out his site
The Bearwood Canoe Co is based in Parry Sound. Run since 89 by Pam Wedd, she teaches courses on building canoes as well as repairing and restoring your canoe.
Birch Bark Canoes are being built in a course taught in Quebec.
Black Beaver Canoe Co Ron Pellenin, 335 River Rd, Sault Ste Marie Tel: (705) 759-1868
CARRYING PLACE CANOE WORKS owner is Joe Ziemba in Kleinburg, Tel: 905-893-1350 Email: zieba.canoe@sympatico.ca . Builder of wood canvas and cedar epoxy canoes.
Canadian canoes is a school that teaches people to build canoes. 7885 Tranmere Drive, Unit 26 Mississauga, Ontario
Toronto School board - Adult Education has a two semester evening course for building canoes. Taught by John and Kim, this course is well taught and very worthwhile. It is very much in demand because it is very reasonably priced.
Carlisle Canoe Company 482 Concession 11 East, Freelton Tel:(905)659-0883. Roger Foster has been doing this work for years and also teaches canoe building courses including one for Mohawk College.
Peter Code runs the Traditional
Wooden Boat Building School operated in Mississauga, Courses start
in Sept. Prices start from $150 for 6 sessions, 2.5 hrs per session. Telephone
905-271-2413. Great course and very knowledgeable instructor.
Chestnut Canoe Company has a long history in the Cedar Canvas Canoe area. Many a Muskoka cottage has had a chestnut canoe Check out this history lesson on the Chestnut canoe.
Evergreen Canoe Co. builds primarily hand-laid fibreglass canoes or Kevlar. They also build a prospector 16 ft canoe.
Fletcher canoes are superbly crafted in Atikokan, Ontario. They build the Bill Mason, "Heavy Duty Special".
MUSKOKA CANOE and Rowing Shop (Heritage Boats)- Erik Campbell Smith is an advisory on the ACBS, has been featured in a Number of magazines concerning wooden boat building and repair. Based in Port Sandfield, RR #2 Port Carling, Phone: 705-765-6282. Gives great service even on Long Weekends when his extended family is in town. Great.
Hurley, Jack- is based out of Lake of Bays. He works on canoes, from 12 ft to 30+ ft warrior canoes. Drop by and say Hello to Lou his pet beagle. A recent article in the Muskokan newspaper describes Jack.
Kingfisher Canoe Muskoka RR#2 Utterson, Muskoka, en route to Algonquin Park, (705) 385-1148 builds and repairs custom cedar canvas canoes. Also works on war canoes.
Langford Canoes Located in a neat building in the village of Dwight which is not far from Algonquin Park, they have a large variety of cedar canoes finished with fibreglass. They also sell Muskoka furniture and outdoor equipment.
Lost in the Woods is located near Port Carling Township,RR 1Nobel, Ontario, Tel (705)342-1465. They build cedar double paddle canoes and canoes that you can sail. The also sell kits and plans for canoes and kayaks.
MARSHMUCKERS BOAT WORKS a canoe and rowboat builder. Contact: Paul Smithers R.R.#3 Ashton, Ontario, K0A 1B0 Tel 1-(613) 253-4699.
Ontario Wooden Boat Building Centre is in Scarborough and the offer a number of courses in Canoe Building
Spencer
Canoes- on Oxtongue lake, 5 KM from the west gate of Algonquin Park.
(705)635-3856
Temagami Canoe Co. Box 520 Temagami, Ontario Canada P0H 2H0 Ph: 705-569-3777
The Wooden Canoe Builders Guild has a number of excellent builders in Ontario and Quebec and New Brunswick. I would recommend looking at this directory.
North Bay Canoe Company is one of the few companies that still makes the cedar wood strip like the one here
not cheap, but they sure can be beautiful
The Wood River Canoe company on the Vermillion River in Northern Ontario builds birch bark canoes and runs instructional courses. They also design paddles, and other gear.
York River Canoes is based in Havelock, Building, repairing cedar strip canoes, kayaks &boats.
Tel Greg Patterson 705-778-3556
The Bear Mountain Canoe Co. The Bear Mountain Boat Shop is operated by partners Ted Moores and Joan Barrett. For over 25 years the company has been promoting the fine art of wooden canoe and kayak building. The business is located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, where Joan and Ted re-located to assist in the development of The Canadian Canoe Museum.
The Canadian Canoe Museum is an exceptional place to visit to trace the development of the canoe and its construction. As well as providing interesting exhibits they also offer courses and traditional skills training. A must see in Peterborough!!
Douglas Canoes is run by Doug Farr, out of 200 Front Street West, Bobcaygeon Tel: (705) 738-5648 . His interest is in Peterborough and Chestnut canoe restorations. He will also buy your canoe or boat. e-mail: farrdj@nexicom.net
Headwater Wooden Boat Restorations is noted for their restoration work of cedar strip canoes as well as boats. P.O. Box 254, Buckhorn, Ontario, Phone: (705) 657-2601
Tudor Rose Canoes- Tom Treadaway ,RR#1 Arden Ontario, (613) 336-8966
Westport Canoes Jack Lapointe CP 91, 26 Spring Street, Westport Ontario, Canada K0G 1X0
Windy Ridge Studios, Butz. Michael and Susan have been a in the canoe building business for many years and are considered sort of pioneers in the field. They sell plans, kits, repairs, custom built canoes; cedar strip, cedar canvas, cedar fibreglass. Courses are also taught, Box 645, Haliburton, 705-457-1596
A source for cedar strip canoe and Kayak plans is Green Valley Boat Works who offer plans for contemporary, high performance Canoes and Kayaks from a full range of designs by John Winters. Available plans include such popular models as the Quetico, Winisk, Kipawa Kipawa II S & G, Mattawa, Cirrus, Osprey, Osprey II S & G, Barracuda, Caspian Sea, Tasman Sea, and the North Sea.
In Quebec you can contact Roy Folland who designs kayaks and sells build your own kits. There kits include excellent instructions, gluing jigs, bending jigs and computer machined wood parts. Quality kits.
Classic Boat Kits is run by Peter Schultz, 4326 Armitage Ave. R.R. #1 Dunrobin,Tel: (613) 832-0881.Sells cedar strip canoe, kayak and row boat kits. Make sure you go by Manitock and check out the local Antique and Classic boat club
NOAH'S Has been selling canoe building kits for years in Etobicoke and at all the wooden boat shows. They also have been doing boat repairs, hardware supplies. They also carry plans by companies such as Green Valley Boat Works out of Kitchener who are designing Osprey solo tripping canoe is now available as a Stitch & Glue design canoe. Toronto
THE TENDER CRAFT
BOAT SHOP INC. wood canvas canoe supplies and those hard to find chandlery
products such as oars and oarlocks, then The Tender Craft Boat Shop is the
place to stop and shop. They are North American distributors of Davey &
Company Classic Boat Equipment. Sell upgraded cedar strip epoxy finished
boats. Contact : Bill Steiss. Toronto
Grassmere Paddles located in Bracebridge. Noted in the Muskoka Newspaper
Don Meany is an exceptional paddle builder in Atikokan, Ont. Raced in Paddle across Canada in 1967. Tel 807-597-2320
Lolk Paddle Co. in Tay, Ontario-1685 Gervais Road, 705-534-7916. Check out this endorsement of their work artwork/paddles from James.
Kettlewell Paddles is owned by Ray Kettlewell at RR #1,Kinmount,Tel:705 488-3116. Paddle maker
Nashwaak Paddles are custom made paddles made in Toronto.
Turtle Paddle Works builds ash, cherry, walnut and red cedar paddles, yokes, thwarts, and offers a paddling school. RR#1 George Rd. 1025 Tough Lane, Bracebridge, Tel: 1-705-646-1463. Noted in the Muskoka Magazine.
Redtail Paddle Makers makes canoe paddles, bent paddles, kayak, thwarts, yokes from ash, cherry, walnut, and maple.
Wildwood Paddles makes beautiful inlayed paddles as well as 14 degree bent shaft paddles
I have found that the Canadian
Canoe Routes is a great source for information be it for routes, technical
tips on loading and unloading canoes, canoe quality-such as the Prospector,
and where to source wood for your projects.
Canadian canoes is a school that teaches people to build canoes. 7885 Tranmere Drive, Unit 26 Mississauga, Ontario
Toronto School board - Adult Education has a two semester evening course for building canoes. Taught by John and Kim, this course is well taught and very worthwhile. It is very much in demand because it is very reasonably priced.
Carlisle Canoe Company 482 Concession 11 East, Freelton Tel:(905)659-0883. Roger Foster has been doing this work for years and also teaches canoe building courses including one for Mohawk College.
Peter Code runs the Traditional Wooden Boat Building School operated in Mississauga, Courses start in Sept. Prices start from $150 for 6 sessions, 2.5 hrs per session. Telephone 905-271-2413. Great course and very knowledgeable instructor.
Ontario Wooden Boat Building Centre is in Scarborough and the offer a number of courses in Canoe Building
In St. Laurent Quebec is an interesting
Summer Camp, Camp
Nominingue with a Canoe Building option for boys 7 - 15. This camp has
been running since the 1950's.
