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. Old Town entered the canoe market as a builder of canvas-covered wooden canoes. In the latter half of the 20th century, the company adopted more modern materials to maintain competitiveness. The company's plant was located along the Penobscot River.
Cover of 1921 Old Town catalog
Old Town Canoe 'Discoverer 150' in use on the River Ure, England
Benson Gray, a descendant of the founders of Old Town Canoe, leads a tour of canoes on the green at the Annual Assembly of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, which featured Old Town's contributions to canoeing in 2012.
Old Town design no.4 on 1934 HW model wood-canvas canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.
Birch bark canoe, Ilnu Museum in Mashteuiatsh, Quebec, Canada
A B.N. Morris Canoe Company wood-and-canvas canoe built approximately 1912
Birch bark canoe at Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine
Bark canoe in Australia, Howitt 1904
