General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & COPPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

24.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

10.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bassett Lowke

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Northampton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1955-1960s

Canada

This model was one of a series of 11 models commissioned by the federal Department of Fisheries (DFO) for "The Gallery of Canadian Fishes,"an exhibition opened at the Royal Ontario Museum on March 28, 1955. The exhibition included models of fish species, habitat groups, and fishing boat models. Though the ROM intended the Gallery of Canadian Fishes to be permanent, it closed in the 1960s. The 1955 exhibition text panel for this model read: "Lake Winnipeg Gill-Netter: This vessel is used on the larger lakes of the Prairie Provinces to catch whitefish, lake trout and other freshwater species. They are gasoline or diesel powered, average 30 feet in length and carry a crew of two or three men. The gill nets used in the freshwater fisheries are basically the same as those used in the salm fishery, except that they have heavier leads and sink to the bottom where they are anchored." (Source: Library and Archives Canada)

Function

Fishing boat models present accurate scale-model replicas of actual fishing boats, in this case a Lake Winnipeg gill-netter, which set gill nets to primarily catch whitefish, lake trout, walleye, and other commercially important fish.

Technical

This model, commissioned by the Canadian Department of Fisheries, is a 1:48 scale model from British model-makers Bassett-Lowke. Bassett-Lowke made 11 models from specifications provided by DFO, ten of which were exhibited in the Gallery of Canadian Fishes: a Pacific halibut boat; a federal fisheries patrol vessel; an otter-trawler; a Lake Erie fish-tug; a purse seiner; a Pacific troller; an Atlantic long-liner; a British Columbia gill-netter; an inshore-dragger; and a Lake Winnipeg gillnetter. An eleventh model, a Northumberland Strait lobster boat was not apparently exhibited. Archival records indicate that Bassett-Lowke made duplicate models of Atlantic fishing vessels in 1956 for an exhibit in Halifax and an additional six vessel types, possibly for the National Museum of Man, that same year.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

PTS MISSING OF WHEEL HOUSE ROOF - Something missing (light?) from top front of wheelhouse roof.

Finish

LOWER HULL RED, UPPER WHITE/ WHITE WHEEL HOUSE/ GREY DECK

Decoration

N/A