Vintage Canoes and Boats

Pictures of vintage boats, canoes and kayaks of interest...

Our journey began by making the Sandpoint Marina RV on Lake Havasu our base camp. This campground no longer exists. We enjoyed camping there with all of its amenities many times. Our specific goal was to take our Advanced Elements Dragonfly inflatable kayaks (we did not have our hard kayaks at that time) and traverse the Colorado River from Topock, AZ to Windsor Beach State Park. By r...

We purchased the 1937 Old Town Boat (14 ft. wood and canvas-covered runabout) on an Ebay auction in 2007. We had to travel to Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania to pick it up. At about the same time our friends, Mike & Kay, also purchased a 1929/30 Old Town Canoe which needed to be picked up in New York. So, of course, we had to make a road trip to bring these two special items to our...

1917 Kingsbury Canoe — We think! Keep Calm & Paddle On . . .

In 2007, we considered ourselves novice canoers — and we still are in the year 2021. We purchased the wood and canvas canoe from Ross Bros. in Massachusetts which was represented to us as a 1920 - 30s Waltham. We had it trucked to Saugus, California. Observing, reading and looking into the matter more, I realized it...