Read more about White Canoe Company 1947; White Canoe Company 1948. Most of the records from the Old Town Canoe Company dating before 1976 have survived. 24-25, Harpswell Press, Gardiner, Maine, 1987, "A canoe company put Old Town on the international sportsmen's map", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E.M._White_Canoe_Company&oldid=928969435, Manufacturing companies established in 1889, Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1984, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 December 2019, at 20:55. NO BROKEN or cracked ribs. The Old Town Canoe Company Build Record Archive Project - WCHA The Mohawk Canoe model XL 13 can run on class II, class III, and even class IV waters. White Canoe | WCHA Forums The Forum is a free service, and much like the "free" content on Public Radio, we hope you will support WoodenBoat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. Another agency, All Creatures Great and Small of New York does not charge a listing fee. But it might be a little wet compared to canoes that are 9 to 10 feet long. The Old Town Canoe Company: Our First Hundred Years. Classic Motorcycles. In 1923, Old Town Canoe became a distributor for Johnson outboard motors. The shop also conducts classes for those interested in building their own canoes. Here is the models of EM White in wood canvas. MODEL SHIPS, MODEL BOATS, MODEL YACHTS, EXECUTIVE GIFTS "Words fail me at the exquisite model y'all produced and delivered. She is powered by a 50 hp Mercury 4 cylinder outboard with low hours. Classic, rare, vintage, 1956 E.M. White Co. Maine 19 ft. wooden lapstrake boat. Im paddling with fellow Downeast TSCA member Betsy Miller Minott. Early models featured floats and sails. Along with his boats, his company also sold several boat accessories. White's brother-in-law, E.L. Hinckley, became a working partner and provided the capital to open a large shop in Old Town, Maine in 1896, the town where Old Town Canoe would be established in the early twentieth century. She deserves it. This canoe also tracks well, even if it is just a small boat. It has a considerably flat planning hull making it very fast and agile. After a career in academic technology management, Paul LaBrie operated LaBrie Small Craft, a small boat design, build and restoration company, as a hobby business for 9 years. They will take you to our Paddling Buyers Guide where you will find specs, prices, reviews and places to buy the canoes locally or online. "Molds" of historic canoes from E.M. White and other builders hang in the raftersa new canoe can literally be built around these forms. This is perhaps one reason why Mohawk ceased its operation as well. The definitive book on the construction of the E.M White Guide is Stelmoks 1980 book, Building the Maine Guide Canoe.