![]() Old Town could also vary their products without having to alter their own operation.ĭuring the 1930s, canoe sales became erratic due to the economic depression. With the addition of the Carleton line, Old Town created a dual system of distribution that permitted them to have more of their products in the marketplace. When the Carleton factory on South Main Street in Old Town burned on May 17, 1911, all of their canoe building was consolidated with Old Town Canoe. In 1910, Old Town Canoe purchased the Carleton Canoe Company. In 1906, Carleton built three steel armored bateaux for Commodore Robert E. Among the early producers of wood-canvas canoes, Carleton appears to be the only one with prior experience building and marketing boats. At the time, their primary market was lumbermen and guides. ![]() They added canvas-covered canoes to their line in the 1880s. The Carleton Canoe Company manufactured bateaux and birch bark canoes in the 1870s, operating a mill on the banks of the Penobscot River in Old Town, Maine. Carleton was acquired by Old Town Canoe in 1910, and continued to be offered as a separate entity until the 1940s. ![]() From the 1870s, Guy Carleton sold bateaux and birch bark canoes commercially and added a canvas-covered canoe to his product line in the 1880s. The Carleton Canoe Company of Old Town, Maine was one of the earliest producers of wood and canvascanoes. It was fully restored in 2018 and looks just like it did when it left the factory. This is a gorgeous 18' Old Town Otca/Guide wood/canvas canoe from 1965. Cover of 1921 Carleton Canoe Company Catalog
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