Stephen Carpenter - Presumpscot Woodworks - North Gorham, Maine

Greenland Kayak, built from lines in the Smithsonian Collection.
1) Setting up on shop floor. (…)

This 1926 Old Town canoe received new canvas, new floor boards and paint.

This is a 1960 Old Town Otca, I canvased in the fall and let cure over the winter suspended from the ceiling in my shop. (…)

This camp canoe from Camp Monomanac in Rindge , N.H. needed canvas , decks, rails and a few planks.

Crotches from cherry , apple , birch or locust are my favorites . If wood is too stubborn to split , it might make a good knee or breasthook.

Stem and planks, camp canoes got rough use.

This canoe was bought in 1950 for the family that still owns it. (…)