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Mike Elliott

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London, Ontario, Canada

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http://www.thisoldcanoe.com/

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CanoeGuyBC

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Nonfiction, Sports

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While working with youth-at-risk in 1994, Mike and a colleague helped a group of boys build epoxy/cedar canoes before taking the group on a canoe trip. Soon afterwards, he was given a rotting wood-canvas canoe to restore. What started as a weekend hobby developed into the birth of Kettle River Canoes in 2003. The business started in the basement of the family home and soon expanded into a 900 square-foot workshop in 2004. KRC became a stand-alone operation in 2012 with 3.200 square-feet of space for displays, office, woodwork shop, finishing room and storage. Mike is now retired and refers clients to another canoe artisan.

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This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe

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A Restorers’ Guide to the Chestnut Pal (16′ Wood-Canvas Pleasure Canoe)

by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes
email: artisan@canoeshop.ca

If you are preparing to restore your wood-canvas canoe – especially in Canada – you are often looking at a canoe built by the Chestnut Canoe Company based in New Brunswick from 1897 to 1978. Of the many models produced over the years, the 16′ Pleasure Canoe was one of their best sellers. It had a variety of names and the hull shape c

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Mike Elliott wrote a new blog post A Restorers’ Guide to the Chestnut Pal (16′ Wood-Canvas Pleasure Canoe) by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoesemail: artisan@canoeshop.caIf you are preparing to restore your wood-canvas canoe – especially in Canada – you are Read more of this blog post »
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