Description: A 1920s EM White 18' "White" Sport model hand made canoe constructed with this makers commitment to "safety, speed, quality and strength". The canoe is all original with no cracked or repaired ribs and this 18' model was made with additional half ribs for strength. The canvas was recently painted in its original color red with the proper oil enamel. EM White canoes are renowned for lightness, speed and ease of handling. It is in ready to paddle condition. Edwin White was one of several prominent canoe builders of Old Town, Maine. Born in 1869, he started building canoes around 1885 at Gilman Falls, Maine. He built birch bark canoes at first then transitioned to canvas covered canoes. In 1895 his brother George and Alfred E. Wickett were working for him. Wickett would go on to help start the Indian Old Town Canoe Company (later just Old Town Canoe Company). White moved his business to Old Town, Maine in 1896 and built canoes into the 1940s.
Price: 3950 USD
Location: Fayetteville, New York
End Time: 2024-08-14T18:58:33.000Z
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