How did Old Town even begin ... We were manufacturing a lot of boats and our product line changed from just wood canvas canoes to dinghies, sailboats, and actual motor boats—both pleasure ...

Maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen discovered this 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota ... like net sinkers and an adz, a wood-cutting implement similar to an ax.

He purchased his first canoe in 1960 and his second canoe in 1961 – a 1909 Old Town wood/canvas “Ideal” model that he still ...

five well-crafted canoes. The five boats were constructed using wood from alder, oak, poplar, and European beech. Approximately 7,000 years old, they nonetheless show signs of impressive ...