Old Town Canoe
Old Town Canoe Company is a historic maker of wood and canvas canoes in Old Town, Maine. It was established in 1898 in buildings constructed in 1890 for a shoe business, and incorporated in 1901. The company adopted more modern materials to maintain competitiveness in the later half of the 20th century. The company's plant was located along the Penobscot River.
Old Town is the largest and best known American canoe manufacturer. It was the leading manufacturer in the world before competitors pressured it by adopting aluminum for manufacture. It adjusted by moving to using fiberglass and plastic in the 1960s. Old Town also makes kayaks, and its newer production plant is also used to make paddles.
The Old Town Canoe Company "is one of the few Maine businesses to have achieved legendary status nationally" along with Mount Katahdin, L.L. Bean, Moosehead Lake and Portland Head Light.[4] Old Town was featured by the Discovery Channel for an episode of Some Assembly Required (TV series) in 2008.In 1998 the company celebrated its 100th anniversary; with brass tacks and wood planks still used in the manufacture of its traditional lines of canoe. The town of Old Town and surrounding communities have hosted a week-long Old Town Hullabaloo canoe festival.
Old Town Canoe
Old Town Canoe
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