• The old-line canoe builder Old Town expanded into the fiberglass market in the 1960s. This advertisement, for its Rushton model, claimed a weight of 18.5 pounds on the 10-foot solo boat. Cost was $195.

Fiberglass Rushton Canoe

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Subjects
  • History
  • Cultural Studies
  • Literature
  • Native American Studies
  • Regional Studies
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  • ca. 1960s
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