Canoe, wood/canvas
Name/Title
Canoe, wood/canvasEntry/Object ID
1999.003Description
Chestnut Canoe Guide's Special Model (Close-ribbed Cruiser model) Length- 16' beam 2' 8" Chestnut Canoes Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada 1897-1978 Chestnut first started in 1897 when Harry and William Chesnut imported a Maine canoe to Fredericton. The brothers would build and sell canoe models based on the original Maine canoe behind the family hardware store until 1904. The "first" Chestnut canoes were built when the family opened the R. Chestnut and Sons factory in 1905. The family was able to recruit ten Old Town Canoe Company builders to come work for them. In 1905 the family also received a Canadian patent on canvas canoe construction even though this type of building had been around for a number of years by this time and was being used by such businesses as the Peterborough Canoe Company. Eventually, after a number of law suits, Chestnut and Peterborough merged together to form Canadian watercraft Limited in 1923. Many of the canvas covered canoes, even those wth Peterborough decals, were made by Chestnut. Peterborough would go out of business in 1961 and Chestnut would follow suit in 1978.Collection
BoatsAcquisition
Accession
1999.003Source or Donor
Tillson, G. E.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Chestnut Canoe CompanyDate made
1968Place
Location
Fredericton, NB, CanadaEdition
Model: Guide's SpecialNotes
Early Date: 1968 Propulsion: Paddle Engine: 0.000Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Exhibition NumberOther Number
PC42Dimensions
Width
33 inLength
187 inLocation
Gallery
*Pauline Morgan Dodge GalleryBuilding
*Small Craft BuildingShelf
Row CCabinet
West SideWall
Rack XBuilding
*Don Doebler Collections Storage FacilityBartlett Point Barn 4