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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD
DATE: 1862–1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0374.001

MANUFACTURER: HERALD, D.-RICE LAKE CANOE CO.
MODEL: CANOE
LOCATION: Gore's Landing, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 145.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Boat & shipbuilding tools & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HERALD
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Gore's Landing

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: SOMETIME BETWEEN C. 1864 AND THE 1920'S WHEN THE HERALD FAMILY WAS IN THE SHIPBUILDING BUSINESS
Canada: THE HERALD FAMILY WERE EARLY BOATBUILDERS IN ONTARIO. DANIEL HERALD, AN EARLY BUILDER OF THE "CANADIANCANOE" AND DESIGNER OF THE "HERALD PATENT" MOULD FOR CEDAR CANOE CONSTRUCTION, WAS THE FOUNDER, IN 1862, OF THE BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO.
Function: USED TO KEEP THE SIDES OF THE CANOE TEMPORARILY IN SHAPE AFTER THE REMOVAL FROM THE MOULD.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SPACERS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR CANOE BUILDING. THEY ARE ROUGHLY MADE AS THEY WERE ONLY NEEDED AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NO MARKINGS
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED - ROUGHLY MADE
Decoration: N/A

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HERALD, D.-RICE LAKE CANOE CO., Spacer, circa 1862–1920, Artifact no. 1994.0374, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0374.001/

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