Fisgard Skiff FISGARD SKIFF We built this skiff for Parks Canada to use as a permanent exhibit at the Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. The lighthouse, built in 1860, was the first on Canada’s west coast and is still in operation. The skiff is a lengthened...
deck railings DECK RAILINGS We built this set of deck railings using Sapele mahogany posts, caps and handrails. Powder-coated aluminum brackets and stainless-steel fasteners join them to panels constructed with PVC-coated welded wire mesh set into rough-sawn Western...
Vesper Vesper This decked canoe, originally designed and built by R.W. Gibson in 1885, can be used as an alternative to a tandem kayak or can be rigged out as a sailing canoe. We modified this design for a local kayak tour company, Lotus Land Tours. Renamed Lotus 18,...
Athapaskan Canoe ATHAPASKAN CANOE This is a skin-on-frame interpretation of an Athabaskan bark canoe. Indigenous to the upper Yukon River region, these boats were the standard for muskrat trappers. This narrow, flat-bottomed canoe was developed for solo paddlers to...
Canadian Ugo The Canadian Ugo Canoe This is an example of a classic Canadian canoe form fashioned using the lapstrake or clinker-construction method. The individual planks overlap each other by 1/2″ and are fastened together with small copper tacks that are...
