BLOG April 2022

History

Local Builder

The Midland Boat and Canoe Company was listed among the merchants in a 1906 business directory. It was operated by W.H. Hacker and located at the foot of King St. in Midland, Ontario. Their biggest business was renting houseboats which they towed to permanent settlers scattered along the wilderness shores of Georgian Bay as back...
History

Vintage Motors

Boating technology has obviously come a long way since this outboard motor was the cutting edge of design in 1931. This is a Johnson 8 horsepower motor that would have been used to get people to their cottages on the remote islands of Georgian Bay. The Georgian Bay Heritage League has brought this gem back...
Restorations

Odd Angles

Restoring vintage wooden boats is a passion which combines an obsession with wood, a love of the water as well as an appreciation of history and heritage. Seldom does the practice of bringing an historical wooden boat back to life involve square cuts; everything has either roundness or odd angles since, obviously, perfectly “square” boats...