Name/Title
Canoe, wood/canvasEntry/Object ID
2009.013Description
2009.013
Boat type: wood/canvas canoe
Builder: E.H. Gerrish
Length: Beam:
Date Built: likely early 1890s
E.H. Gerrish was an active boat builder in Bangor Maine circa 1875 to 1909. He was the earliest commercial builder of wood-canvas canoes and one of the largest. His canoes reflect their Indian ancestry clearly. Their shapes and gentle upsweep of the stems are reminiscent of Penobscot and Malecite bark canoes. (Bond's Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks).
JMP 4/5/2010
Canoe was purchased for William Seward Webb's NeHaSaNe Lodge located near Lake Lila in the Adirondack Mountains.Collection
BoatsAcquisition
Accession
2009.013Source or Donor
Dan W. Catlin, Blake H. Catlin, Todd B. CatlinAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Manufacturer
Gerrish, E.H.Notes
Propulsion: PaddleOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Exhibition NumberOther Number
PC10Dimensions
Width
34 inDepth
12-1/2 inLength
195 inLocation
Gallery
*Pauline Morgan Dodge GalleryBuilding
*Small Craft Building
