Chestnut Canoe Company - Wooden Canoe Museum
WEBChestnut Canoe Company. Years in Business. late-1890s - January 1979. The Chestnut family started marketing canvas canoes in the late 1890s in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The early Chestnut canoes were modelled after a canoe built by B.N. Morris, and indeed, these early canoes clearly show the influence of Morris canoes.
Chestnut Canoe Company - Wikipedia
WEBChestnut Canoe Company was established in Fredericton in the Canadian province of New Brunswick at the end of the 19th century and became one of the pre-eminent producers of wood-and-canvas canoes. The company closed in 1979.
Trapper 12' Solo Canoe | Recreational - Nova Craft Canoe
WEBThis Chestnut Canoe was originally built with the outdoorsman of the early 1900s in mind. Chestnut’s mission was to design a craft that would enable outdoorsmen to paddle small creeks as well as large lakes and be small enough to get through the then nonexistent portage trails at the same time.
Paddling into the future: Restoring the legendary Chestnut canoe …
WEBJun 6, 2022 · Each Chestnut canoe was made by hand from the turn of the 20th century to the late 1970s. Built with their signature cedar-planked ribs bowed over a wooden frame and covered with stretched...
Bob Special 15′ - Nova Craft Canoe
WEBBob Special 15′. The Chestnut Canoe Company responded to the need for a lightweight canoe well suited to solo tripping and casual tandem paddling by introducing the versatile Bob Special.
Pal, a genuine pleasure canoe - Freeranger Canoe
WEBPal, the best all-round canoe. The Pal is considered to be one of the most all-round canoes the Chestnut Canoe Company built in its later years. Being the larger brother of our Chum and with the same length as our Prospector it’s the ideal combination of both.
Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Prospector Canoe
WEBThe century-old Chestnut form shows its age, and Headwaters’ builders Kate Prince and Jamie Bartle must carefully align inner gunwales and stems to assure a symmetrical canoe before bending steam-bent cedar ribs over the weathered mold.
Prospector 16' Canoe | The Workhorse of the Canadian North
WEBProspector 16′. The Chestnut Prospector has probably been described more often in text than any other canoe, it’s just that popular. Our version of this venerable craft is faithful to the original.
Restoring the Chestnut - Chip's journey
WEBMar 7, 2015 · The Chestnut canoe company of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was a preeminent producer of wood and canvas canoes. Teddy Roosevelt purchased their canoes for his South American expedition. Before aluminum, fiberglass, ABS, Kevlar, and other synthetic materials, Chestnut used wood to make canoes for every purpose.
The story of the Chestnut canoe : 150 years of Canadian canoe …
WEBJul 1, 2019 · Chestnut Canoe Co -- History, Chestnut Canoe Co, Chestnut Canoe Co. -- Histoire, Canoes and canoeing -- Canada -- History, Canoes and canoeing, Canotage -- Canada -- Histoire, Canada Publisher Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus Collection trent_university; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size
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