OK, Want to take a stab at this one?

Canoeal

Canoe/kayak builder/resto
Looking to see if any one can do better than I. I b
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elieve it to be a circa 1900 maine style canoe, origin unknown... Not much I know. any ideas? Square planking edges unusual seats...
 
Al, what are the dimensions? looks like one i have, same seat style. are the ribs tapered in width and thickness after the bilge turn?
 
Tapered yes thinned I don't think so. Thwarts straight not shaped, not mortised. large canoe 18+' x 36-37."
 
At this point I can't do that the boat is not mine. It is part of the collection at the Red Dragon Canoe Club. I am doing a talk 10/18 on the boats in their collection.
 
I found two more pictures that may help. One has the stem protruding from under the seat (one seat, rear). The other shows one of the thwarts and it is mounted under the inwale.
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Al here's my seat. Though the stems recurve a bit more and the deck has lobes. Wonder how common that style of seat was.
 

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Yeah the seat looks the same, but the decks are different and as noted so are the stems...
 
The stem profile in the first post looks different than the 'repaired' one. The stern is more vertical...I looks like Gould could be a possibility... and even the seat frame construction looks the same as Andre's...
 

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