The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's Kennebec Classified Listing Archive
Title: Renovated Kennebec Sponson Canoe
Location: Delta, ON - North of Brockville
Description: Rare 17' Red Kennebec Canoe
This elegant, unique watercraft is reflective of a by-gone era of craftsmanship and technology, of life at a slower pace and an age of deep appreciation of form and function. It was manufactured in Maine, in or around 1920 at a time when cedar strip canoes were not just sturdy vessels of transport or recreation, but works of art with fine, swooping lines and graceful curves. It is not only the age that confers its rarity, but its sponsons, or lateral flotation chambers. Very few such canoes were manufactured. This cedar strip canoe has been meticulously restored professionally with new decks, stems and, where needed, ribs and planking. It is a stable, forgiving craft due to the sponsons, which have also been lovingly constructed with narrow cedar strips.
Asking $3000 CDN.
Title: 1915 Kennebec Belgrade Canoe coming to auction
Price: Starting bid $1,000
Location: Marion, Massachusetts
Description: Rare Kennebec rowboat canoe, made 1915. Belgrade rowboat model, serial number 411. Made by Kennebec Boat and Canoe Co., Waterville, ME. Three seats, two of the original oars signed D. Bateman. Two newer, smaller paddles. 17' 4" long, 3' 7" wide. Provenance: Company ledgers held in the Maine State Museum indicate that the canoe was planked by Mr. Farwell, March 27, 1915, and primed by Mr. Roy on the same day. It was railed by Mr. Legoff, April 10, 1915 and painted green by Mr. Green on the same day. It was shipped to D. Bateman in Tiverton, RI. Scans from the ledgers, which hold this information, are available upon request. The canoe has remained at the Tiverton property until the present day, before being offered up for auction.
Condition: Very good condition, restored in the 1970s, has been stored in a barn to the present day.
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