Traditional ash/maple north woods paddles. Based on pattern over 100 years old. Cherry wood solo paddle based on Omer Stringer design also available. Each paddle signed and numbered. Hand-drawn ink loon drawing on blade available. Building since 1980.
Builds 12', 14 1/2', 16' and 18 1/2' wood/canvas or wood/fiberglass canoes. Also a 16' wood/fiberglass double ended rowboat. Sells complete plans for these five canoes. Part time builder.
Building E. M. White originals and adaptations since 1975. Individual and class instruction. Author of "Building the Maine Guide Canoe," co-author with Rollin Thurlow, "The Wood-Canvas Canoe." Builder of 4' and 8' Old Town Salesman's Samples. Builds: 6' E. M. White Salesman's Sample, 14'6" Willowisp, 15' Willow, 16' Featherweight and Guide, 17'4" Penobscot, 18'6" White Guide, 20' White Guide and 20' Mick Fahey designed "Voyager" Square Stern. Catalog $2.00
"Wooden boats kept afloat". Quality restoration and repair of all canvas canoes and all-wood boats, including Rangley Lake boats, Lowell boats and other small craft. No motor work. Located in central Maine, can pick up customer boats in Maine and New Hampshire.
I build three wooden/canvas models, a 12' 'Water Slipper' (solo) the "Warden's Worry", a 14' w/c canoe and the "River Mink," a 16' w/c canoe. (see WC Issue #64 and #98) I teach w/c canoe building courses. I build forms and teach form building. I also guide canoe and snowshoe trips with Fran Doonan. She makes and teaches others to make pounded brown ash pack baskets and creels, as well as mukluks.
Guided canoe trips using the superb Stelmok E.M. Whites and Thurlow's "Atkinson Traveler". Handcrafted paddles, pack baskets, wanigans and poles, etc. used on all our trips in Maine and Labrador's wildest regions. Trips for both beginners and experienced canoeists.
Designer and builder of the original 17' Atkinson Traveler. Building six other models including a 17' BN Morris reproduction. Custom building, design and restoration of all types of wooden canoes/boats. Selling and mail order of hardware, wood, plans and kits. Teaches wooden canoe building and restoration. Co-author of The Wood & Canvas Canoe plus numerous articles. Steam bending and Canoe Construction videos available. Builder since 1976. Catalog available. Builder of Northeast Generator pull cord handles and best friends with Ric Puls.
Builds wood/canvas and wood/fiberglass canoes. Sells hardware and lumber. Is producing in 1998, a special 100th anniversary model; the 16' Guide in two-tone, with rub rail and floor rack. America's oldest canoe builder. Visit our online catalog, as well as our Wooden Canoe Parts and Accessories pages.
Manufacturer of oars and paddles since 1858. Sells seats, yokes, thwarts and accessories.
Linda Whiting manages the repair and restoration of wood & canvas boats and canoes at her shop in Denmark.