The Wood and Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to its History, Construction, Restoration and Maintenance

About this book

This rich history begins with the birchbark canoe follows the turn-of-the-century canoe craze when builders such as Eve Gerrish E. M. White B. N. Morris and others perfected the art of the wood-and-canvas canoe then takes us step by step through the construction of an E. M. White-designed 18-footer. Fold-out plans are included. Detailed information is also provided on canoe repair restoration and maintenance. Jerry Stelmok builds new E. M. White designs and adaptations at Island Falls Canoe and Rollin Thurlow builds repairs and restores canoes at his Northwoods Canoe Shop.