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The Kennebec Boat and canoe Company was founded by former railroad station agent, ice cutter, publisher and merchandiser George F. Terry. Walter D. Grant supervised the building of canoes for Terry, who had no personal experience building canoes. Grant had previously worked for the B.N. Morris Canoe Company of Veazie, Maine.
Old Town Canoe Company is a historic maker of canoes in Old Town, Maine. The company had its beginnings in 1898, in buildings constructed in 1890 for a shoe business, and was incorporated in 1901. The company had its beginnings in 1898, in buildings constructed in 1890 for a shoe business, and was incorporated in 1901.
The B.N. Morris Canoe Company of Veazie, Maine, produced wood and canvas canoes from 1891 until fire destroyed the factory late in 1919. The shapeliness, style, and workmanship of the Morris canoes and boats made some of the most picturesque craft that were ever built with this construction form. [1]
The E.M. White Canoe Company was founded by Edwin White, who produced wood and canvas canoes from 1889 [1] into the 1940s. White is considered one of the pioneers of wood and canvas canoe building and one of several prominent canoe builders in Maine .
Among the early producers of wood-canvas canoes, Carleton appears to be the only one with prior experience building and marketing boats. [2] In 1906, Carleton built three steel armored bateaux for Commodore Robert E. Peary’s trip to the North Pole. [3] In 1910, Old Town Canoe purchased the Carleton Canoe Company. [4]
Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 10,244 at the 2020 census. [2] It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Elmwood, Standish Neck and Two Trails. Standish is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
The Standish Corner Historic District encompasses a collection of five early farmhouses in the village of Standish Corner in southeastern Standish, Maine.All five houses were built in the late 18th or early 19th century, and the assemblage are all that survive of the town's original early center.
Steep Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Standish in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is part of Maine School Administrative District #6, which includes Bonny Eagle ...