Peterborough Canoe Co. "Otonobee" wood canoe + 2 vintage paddles Length = 16'

Description

Vintage Peterborough Canoe Co.*
Numbers stamped on the stem: 1433   2966
Model Otonobee**
Built between 1941-1956
2 vintage G. Bros. Louisville KY wood paddles (there are decals on the paddles but can't read the name: Ga_b___e Bros.)
Length 16’
Nice outside stems
Paint cracking areas but canvas seems good
4 small planking repairs - please see pictures
Rear seat caning has a break
Tips of canoe are excellent - well cared for
All welcome to come see the canoe in Denville, NJ
*
Peterborough Canoe Company
Years in Business
1892-1961
The Peterborough Canoe Company was formed in 1892 in Peterborough, Ontario, just weeks before the Ontario Canoe Company burned down in May 1892. Col. James Z. Rogers, former president, general manager and one-third owner of the Ontario Canoe Company, owned 4% of the new company and became manager in 1893. The company continued to build the wide-board, cedar strip and cedar rib canoes much like the Ontario Canoe Company had before them.
The Peterborough Canoe Company purchased the William English Canoe Company in 1915, and continued to offer English canoes. In 1923, the Peterborough Canoe Company and Chestnut Canoe Company were collected together under Canadian Watercraft Limited, which also acquired the Canadian Canoe Company in 1928.
The Peterborough Canoe Company closed its doors in 1961.
**
The
Otonabee River
is a
river
in
Peterborough County
in
Central Ontario
, Canada.
[1]
The river flows from
Katchewanooka Lake
, at the north end of the community of
Lakefield
, through the city of
Peterborough
to
Rice Lake
. It is in the
Great Lakes Basin
and forms part of the
Trent-Severn Waterway
.