Book on rushton canoes

John henry rushton began building boats in 1875 in canton, new york. The books of knowledge are entirely devoted to boatbuilding, no personal information about john h. Henry rushton built canoes and other small pleasure boats in canton, st. Indian girl model woodcanvas open paddling canoe built by j. While many of his designs live on only in the history books, rushtons wee lassie double paddle canoe has continued to be built, in various forms, through to this century, and is today considered one of his most iconic designs. Here, gerster portages a rushton pack canoe at camp oteetiwi, big island. He quickly became well known for his rob roystyle decked canoes and pulling boats. He built the original vesper decked sailing canoe for robert gibson who went on to win the first american canoe association international challenge cup. Sears 1888 book woodcraft extolled the solo camping trip, and his articles for forest and stream magazine often mentioned rushton and his canoes. Rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum books paperback august 1, 1977 by atwood manley author 4. Rushtons portable sporting boats sailing canoes, single handed cruisers, barnegat sneak boats and steam launches for hunting, fishing, trapping, pleasure rowing and sailing by rushton, j.

Rushton s canadian canoes came in a variety of lengths, but they were consistently only 30 inches wide at 1416 feet long. The 1903 catalog in perspective crowley, william on. Rushtons portable sporting boats sailing canoes, single handed. Canoes with names such as the kleiner fritz, sairy gamp and aurora vesper were written about regularly in leading sporting journals during rushtons career.

Wenonah debuts historic wee lassie, its smallest canoe. This is much narrower than the average canoe being manufactured today, so there was some concern on my part about how stable this boat would be. Canoeing with the cree by eric sevareid, song of the paddle by bill mason, the river by peter heller, path of paddle by bill m. The famous canton, new york, canoe designerbuilder j. Rushton are contained within the pages of the books.

Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Rushton and his times in american canoeing canoe builder nessmuk adirondack pb see more like this rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum books by manley, preowned. In a 1968 watertown daily times article about the book rushton and his times in american canoeing by atwood manley, published by the. The 1903 catalog in perspective paperback january 1, 1983. Rushtons books of knowledge volumes 1 and 2 are an account of inventories. Henry rushton was a new york boat builder during the last part of the 1800s. Rushton, the indian girl is strong, light, safe though speedy, graceful yet seaworthy. Popular canoeing books meet your next favorite book. Rushtons books of knowledge volumes 1 and 2 are an account of inventories on hand, howto instructions, account of time spent building each boat, estimated costs, and various other calculations used in the construction of his boats. Rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum. This turn of the last century design lives up to its name and the nwcc is proud to add it to our inventory.