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Paul's Peterborough "Canadien" model canoe built to Ted Moore's plan in the book CanoeCraft. This canoe was launched
October 30, 1994 and Christened 'Desiderata'
In January 2002 Paul started building a 14 foot Chris Kulczycki 'Sassafrass' style canoe from a plan in a book called: "THE
CANOE SHOP"
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| I started in January 2002...its now July |
| Launch Day "MaryAlice" |
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| 14 Ft Sassafras Plywood Stitch & Glue Canoe |
| "MaryAlice" on an even keel October 2002 |
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| Total material costs came in at under $500.00 |
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| Rebuilt this 1966 Honda in 1983 |
| 1966 Checker Flag Raceway Windsor Ont. Before |
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| This is before the Demolition Derby |
| Paul's LUCKY7 stock car after race |
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| And so ends a stock car career! |
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| Seats completed on 14 foot plywood CLC canoe |
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| note: wire every 6 inches along each plank to be taken out after filling groove with epoxy glue. |
| Why would you park a car in place of 3 canoes? |
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| 16ft Peterborogh Stripper-MaryAlice-1935 Peterborough 16ft Algonguin model |
| Mary Alice Plaque on canoe |
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Note the nameplate mid-canoe...there you will find the name - Mary Alice. "MaryAlice" (McIlmoyle)Clinton was born
in 1931 and raised north of Peterborough Ontario. She married at age 16 to Stan Clinton and had a son Charles soon after.
At age 18 she was stricken with Tuberculosis and was sent to the London Sanitorium on Sanitorium Road London, Ontario where
she died in the terrible TB epidemic. The name Charles became Robert Paul as I was adopted 4 years after her death. "MaryAlice"
was - is and always will be my mother. The canoe was launched not 5 minutes from where she breathed her final breath.
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