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

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 ...

At the time, they stumbled upon a single dugout vessel, believed to be 1,200 years old. Subsequent dives the following year revealed a similar wooden boat. Researchers believed this canoe to be ...

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.