The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's Unknown Classified Listing Archive
Title: Indian Birch Bark Canoe model
Price: $150
Location: Westbrook, Maine
Description: This really is a great looking and very large Indian Birch Bark Canoe model. Circa mid-20th century, and is hand crafted with meticulous detail. It is a perfect rendition of a traditional North Eastern Native American Indian Birch Bark Canoe. Most likely made as a souvenir item by the Penobscot or Micmac Indian tribe, but don't have any documentation on this item. Obtained in the Downeast-Coastal Maine region. Very nice canoe model in great condition, and comes with two paddles and two fishing spears.
Canoe measures: 4.5"tall by 36"long by 9.5"wide.
Two Paddles are included. Dimensions: 14.5" long
Two fishing spears with 3 prongs and string are included: Dimensions: 19.75" long
1. title: Strip canoe form and tools
2. price: $35
6. location: Tupper Lake, NY
7. description: Selling the strongback and station molds for constructing a Wee Lassie cedar strip canoe as detailed in the "Featherweight Boat Building" book by Mac McCarthy. Also included are the router bits and a router table fixture for shaping the cove and bead edges on the strips. Not included is the book (available from the WCHA) or my finished canoe.
8. condition: used once!
12' Fishing Canoe
$1200
Effingham, NH
Wood ribbed canoe refinished with new fiberglass exterior. Age and manufacturer unknown. Length 11' 6" Beam 3' 6". Good usable condition, solid construction, extremely stable. Includes two wooden paddles.
Title of Ad: 13.6 Cedar Canoe project - unknown manf. - $600
2. $600
6. Location: Carlisle PA
7. Description: 13'6" cedar canoe, with no markings or numbers.
Purchased the canoe from a flea market in Frederick Md. Previous owner added newer thwarts. I have carefully removed the fiber glass with a heat gun and began stripping off the old varnish with CitrisStrip. Along with the canoe, I also have 2 - 6ft x 3" new cedar planks, a plank gauge, and 2 new brass pre-drilled bumpers, all purchased from Northwoods Canoe Company.
8. Condition - Needs Restoration
1. Title of Ad: 13ft 6in Plank and Canvas project canoe
2. Price: Free
6. Location: Pottstown, PA
7. Description: Unknown builder. 13.5 ft plank and canvas less the canvas:-)
Need a lot of work and the previous owner started stripping the inner hull with CitrisStrip and has the outer hull in pretty good shape - some planking and setting of nails....still needed.
No seats - needs inwales repaired or replaced - needs outwales - canvas, etc.
8. Condition: Needs Restoration
15' Duck boat
Boat is located in Irasburg VT
Asking $3500
Maine duck hunting boat.
Vintage Maine duck hunting sneak boat circa early to mid 20th century. Based on the Merry Meeting Bay design, this classic wood and canvas duck hunting boat has been fully restored. New heavy canvas, new keel, reinforced ribs, transom, and paint. The boat measures fifteen feet long with a fifty inch beam at midships. Has removable floor boards, covered equipment storage, drain plug, and slotted outwales for ease of using natural camouflage materials. Hull is semi rounded making the boat stable, very agile, and fast. Montgomery Wards Sea King 5 horse motor included. Not run in years but turns over easily. (Trailer negotiable) Will consider delivery in northern New England.
$2500
1. New Canoe For Sale
2. $2,995.00
6. Harrison, Ohio, near Cincinnati
7. Ash keel, gunnels, thwarts, seat frames, carrying yoke, and decks. Northern White Cedar ribs and planking finished with Total Boat Gleam 2.0 gloss. Canvas with filler, primer and Kirby #35 seaweed paint.
8. 15'
15' "Birch bark" canoe - movie prop from TV movie serial $1,000
I am selling a movie prop for a friend of mine - it is a fully functional canoe. It's a canoe that was used in the 1978 - 1979 TV movie series Centennial. It is classic wood construction with a resin covering painted to look like birch bark.
From what I can tell there were 2 canoes used in the series in the first 2 episodes. I have included screen shots for comparison.
The canoe has been stored in a warehouse for decades and is in very good condition.
It is missing one rib and a couple of others are cracked but the canoe could be paddled as is
The canoe is available for pick up near Bethel, NY.
Asking $1,000 but will consider reasonable offers.
I estimate the canoe to be under 60 lbs.
Length @15' 5"
Maximum width @37"
Depth midships @13.5"
Rocker @4"
1. Title of Ad: Classic Birch Bark Canoe 16'
2. Price: $1250
6. Location: SE CT
7. Description: 16' Minnesota-made birch bark canoe constructed using traditional methods. Includes two seats with backs. Builder featured in an episode of "On the Road with Charles Kuralt." Vintage vessel in outstanding condition.
8. Canoe Length: 16'
9. Condition: Excellent Original
$500.
La Grande, Oregon
16 foot canvas over wood canoe, unknown brand, it was originally restored about 50 years ago. It was in rough shape
when I picked it up in April. I removed the fiberglass and completely restored it. I left some fixes of the unique previous
restoration. I am selling this canoe at cost hoping to find it a good home.
Excellent restored
1) 16 ft. cedarwood/canvas canoe
2) $ 900.00
6) East Ryegate, VT 05042
7 + 8) Canoe is in good condition, always stored inside, ready to use for your adventure. Has minor repairs done. Looks like an Old Town, but have no further information available on this. Including 3 wooden paddles.
Title: Sweet Mystery Canoe
$1400 CA
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
When I purchased this canoe, I was unable to find any identifying marks on it. It probably dates back to the fifties and it is probably an American boat. It was brilliantly restored by the skilled and talented people at Canots Nor West (http://nor-west.ca/en) in Prevost, Quebec. It is 16', weighs about 72 lb. More photos and additional details can be provided on request. This is a functional canoe. It is not a museum piece. It is beautiful, in excellent shape and after a lifetime of paddling canoes of all sorts.
Condition: Very good, usable.
Antique Wood Canoe for Sale
$3,000
Indianapolis, Indiana
Not sure what brand of canoe this is or how old it is. It's 16 feet long and made of mahogany. Someone gave this canoe to my dad when he was a teenager (16 years old I believe). I would say it's at least from the 1960's. It traveled with the family through a lot of moves. My dad repaired and refinished it in 1998, we have dated pictures of that. It's basically been sitting for years. The exterior and top recently received multiple coats of Epifanes high gloss clear varnish extra uv-filter. There's some varish left over that I will provide to the buyer along with the two paddles and two cushions.
Condition - Good usable
Ad Title: Wooden canoe possibly a Peterborough
Location: Midland Pa.
Condition: Needs Restoration
Description: This is a 16ft plank and frame canoe bought used from a muskrat trapper in 1955 at Buckhorn Lake Ontario near Peterborough. It was last in the water sometime in the 1990's and has been stored inside ever since. It shows shrinkage of the planks and possibly some cracks. It has the boards that sit inside the canoe to rest the knees on when paddling. I remember paddling and fishing from this canoe as a young boy. Would like to sell it to someone who would restore it.
Asking 500.
Canoe wood for sale
$200 for all
Rensselaerville, NY 12147
Two long clear spruce planks 17ft 5 in X 4 in wide and 17ft 10 in X 5in wide Good for inner, or outer gunwales or keels
Nine white cedar rib stock blanks 60" X 2 1/2"
#10 Canvas 17' 9" X 5 ft wide
Old steam box for use with camp stove
17 Foot square stern. Unknown builder at this time. A nice heavy boat, 1/2 inch thick ribs. Needs canvas and a keel. everything else in good shape. Would be great with a small outboard. Oak trim, transom and seats. Bronze oarlocks. No trailer.
$500
Located, Branchville NJ
1. 17ft canoe form for sale
2. Price $1200.00 CDN
6. Location: Huntsville, Ontario
7. Description: Form (mold) for building cedar/canvas canoe. Excellent tripping or day paddling canoe. Original design with moderate rocker and shallow arch bottom.
8. Length: 17ft
9. Condition: Excellent original
1. Wooden Canvas Canoe
2. $1800 OBO
6. Searsmont, Maine
7. 17 1/2 foot wooden canvas canoe. Built 15 to 20 years ago by an independent boat builder in New Hampshire, always undercover. Very little use, not perfect but close.
8. Canoe Length-17 1/2ft.
9. Condition - Original, Very Good, and Usable.
Cedar Strip Canoe
$950
Waterford, Michigan
Eighteen foot canoe based on White Guide model.
Good condition.
1) Freight Canoe For Sale
2) Price (please call or email)
6) High River, Canada
7) Custom hand-made cedar strip/epoxy freight canoe, 18' with square stern. Excellent condition, must be seen. For use with 3-5hp outboard or electric kicker. Paddles included.
8) Great Condition
1. Title of Ad: Custom Canadian Wood/Canvas Canoe 20'
2. Price: $1100
6. Location: SE CT
7. Description: 20' Canadian-built vintage custom wooden canoe. Excellent condition! Wooden engine mount for small outboard included. Very solid, gorgeous vessel!
8. Canoe Length: 20'
9. Condition: Excellent Original
1. Title: "Free 20+ Foot Gunwales for Pick-up"
2. Price: free
6. Location: Brookline, MA 02445
7. Description: Four gunwale blanks, each approximately 250in (20'10" or may be 21") continuous. They look like oak to me. Each is 3/4" x 3/4" cross section with a full round on one side.
8. Condition: Good Usable. Some weathering but no visible rot.
Price: $1100. obo
San Diego, CA
Excellent/restored, recently repainted and varnished; pedigree and age unknown
Two Old Town Canoes for Restoration
$600
Bethlehem, NH
One 15Ft unknown age or model Old Town wood and canvas
One 17Ft Old Town lake canoe with sponsons on sides
These canoes were handed down to me from my grandparents (I am 73) and have been stored for many years. They were used on Squam Lake Serial numbers not legible can get partial if that's helpful
Condition Needs Restoration
1. Two Wooden Canoes
2. Free to good home
6. Southwest NH. Need to be picked up in next month
7. 16 foot +- wooden canoes Found 50 years ago in western NY. Stored in barn since. Makers unknown.
8. Solid
Location: Branchville NJ
Ad Title: Mahogany Skiff
Condition: Good Usable
Description: Mahogany electric skiff. Heavy solid mahogany. Built 1984. Set up for two batteries in box. Storage compartments, floor racks. Will need minor repairs and a lot of sanding and varnish. Could be rowed also. Won't take much to make her pretty. Great winter project. No motor or trailer.
Price: 400
Cedar strip sailboat. Solid condition for sailing. Cosmetic damage.
Please make an offer
Currently in Buffalo, NY
Wood and canvas canoe for sale
Price: $1100. obo
San Diego, CA
Excellent/restored, recently repainted and varnished; pedigree and age unknown
A mystery canoe, it may be an early Carleton, it has some Gerrish features but no tags or decals. The carry thwart forward of the bow seat is mortised into the inwales The decks are similar to Rushton's but there are no other Rushton features. There are no identifying numbers on the stems so for now it is a mystery canoe.
It is in pretty solid condition with what may be its original canvas. Although it has had some odd repairs it is very restorable and worth a look.
$200 OBO
Newbury, MA (Plum Island).
Title: For Sale Beautiful Canoe that needs some love
Price: $500
Location: Seattle, Wa
Description: Beautiful antique canoe, once lovingly restored by my father. Needs some love and then it will be ready for its next adventure.
Condition - Needs Restoration
Title: Adirondack Sailing Canoe for Sale
Price: $1200 OBO
Location: Doylestown, PA
Description: Circa 1890-1910. 15". Mahogany deck and original cockpit deck. 2 piece solo paddle.
Condition: Mostly restored with some additional spots in hull needing repair
1. Vintage leeboards and bracket for early 1900s sailing canoe
2. $100
6. Damariscotta (mid-coast) Maine
7. I do not know type manufacturer however the bracket is adjustable so the assembly would likely fit a number of makes and models. There is a chip and cracks in bottom edge of one board and cracks in the bottom edge of the other (see detail in photo.) Similar but not identical boards are shown in attached photo of a vintage Old Town canoe.
9. Restorable
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