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How to Rebuild the Ends of an Old Town Otca Wood-Canvas Canoe ̶ Part 2
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca I started describing the process involved in rebuilding the end of a 1967 18′ Old Town Otca canoe in part 1 of this blog. In it, I...
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How to Replicate Pocketed Inwales for a Double Gunwale Canoe
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca In the early days of wood-canvas canoe construction (late 1800’s until about 1906), builders (primarily in up-state New York and Maine)...
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How to Repair a Rib-and-Batten Canoe — Part 1
by Sam Browning edited by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca Note: In 2016, I put out a call for someone with a wide-board raised-batten canoe to bring it to my shop in...
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How to Repair a Rib-and-Batten Canoe — Part 2
by Sam Browning edited by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca Note: In 2016, I put out a call for someone with a wide-board raised-batten canoe to bring it to my shop in...
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A Restorer’s Guide to an Old Town Otca Wood-Canvas Canoe
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca The brand name Old Town is synonymous with canvas-covered canoes in the United States. They are one of the only canoe companies to...
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A Restorer’s Guide to a Rushton Indian Girl Wood-Canvas Canoe (c. 1905)
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca John Henry Rushton built canoes and small boats in Canton, New York, from 1875 until his death in 1906. His son incorporated the...
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Bill Greenwood and his Wood-Canvas Canoes
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoesemail: artisan@canoeshop.ca Unless you live in British Columbia, you have probably never heard of Bill Greenwood or Greenwood canoes. And if you want to start a...
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How to Repair Rotted Rib Tops in Wood-Canvas Canoes
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca While repairing your wood-canvas canoe, you may come across some ribs that are perfectly good except for a small portion attached to the...
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How to Strip Old Varnish from Antique Wood Canoes
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca Without a doubt, the most horrible job in the restoration of a wood-canvas canoe (or an antique all-wood canoe) is stripping the varnish...
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A Restorers’ Guide to the Chestnut Pal (16′ Wood-Canvas Pleasure Canoe)
by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@canoeshop.ca If you are preparing to restore your wood-canvas canoe – especially in Canada – you are often looking at a canoe built by the Chestnut...
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