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That would be it! Two years later and it is still in the same place, at the same price, though now it has been moved to the 20% off section. :)

I'm guessing the owner of the canoe was Augustus S. Blagden (1879-1960), son of Thomas Blagden (1853 - 1938) who owned a number of properties on Upper Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks that were precursors to the Saranac Inn. Augustus's brother Harry H. Blagden (1888 - 1957) ran a boy's camp in that same area and - interestingly enough - faked his own kidnapping during the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid. All five of Thomas Blagden's sons attended Yale, and Augustus still has a scholarship given each year in his name to a senior who, in spirit and action, has done most to enhance the tradition of rowing at Yale.

I bet that this canoe has a lot of stories it could tell and is rich in history. The Blagden's were a pretty well-connected family.

@JClearwater , maybe it's time to make that antique shop owner another offer!
 

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One of my favorite things to do is see what history you could dig up on these old boats. As long as you could find a name, a town and a time. You can get a lot of random facts. Newspapers of the day printed almost any little fact about the people in the community.
 
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