How did Old Town even begin ... We were manufacturing a lot of boats and our product line changed from just wood canvas canoes to dinghies, sailboats, and actual motor boats—both pleasure ...

At the time, they stumbled upon a single dugout vessel, believed to be 1,200 years old. Subsequent dives the following year revealed a similar wooden boat. Researchers believed this canoe to be ...

Maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen discovered this 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota ... like net sinkers and an adz, a wood-cutting implement similar to an ax.

He purchased his first canoe in 1960 and his second canoe in 1961 – a 1909 Old Town wood/canvas “Ideal” model that he still ...

It was once the fastest canoe in our village. It was built by my father and two of his brothers.” Grandpa proudly continues, “All the sons of my grandfather were known as great wood carvers." "You ...