Wooden Canoe Builders' Guild - Home Page
Welcome to the web site of the Wooden Canoe Builders' Guild, an organization dedicated to the promotion and celebration of wooden canoes and kayaks. In part, the members of the Guild accomplish this mission through the repair and restoration of cedar canvas canoes, cedar strip canoes and other types of wooden canoes. We are involved in the construction of new wooden canoes for sale and the teaching of the methods involved in this work.
In this website we will tell you a bit about how cedar canvas canoes are built, our construction standards for new canoe construction and canoe restoration. You can learn about canoe care and maintenance, canoe history, interesting individuals involved in canoe construction and view many pictures of canoes both old, new and restored. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Contact Information:
1. For information about Guild Membership and membership fees:
Dave Alguire, membership co-ordinator of WCBG
Old Delta Canoeworks,
228 Ct Rd 42,
RR#1 Delta
ON K0E 1G0
(613) 928-2850
dalguire228@gmail.com
2. For information about membership fees or other financial matters:
Roger Foster, Treasurer of WCBG
Carlisle Canoe Company
482 Concession 11 East
Freelton ON L0R 1K0
(905) 659-0883
Fax: (905) 659-088
roger@carlislecanoe.ca
3. For general information about the Guild:
Marc Russel President of WCBG
6 Sarnia Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6P 3P3
(647) 454-4529
e-mail: marc@glbw.ca
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Brass Stem Bands for Sale by the WCBG
Brass stem bands are a necessary item for cedar canvas canoe construction since one is used on the bow stem and one on the stern stem of the canoe to protect the canvas and give a finished appearance to the canoe.
However, brass stem bands are notoriously hard to access since no mills in North America produce them. The Guild has a secure source of brass stem bands. The bands are of very high quality, and produced to our specifications at a mill in Italy. Bands are 4 foot long, 3/8 inches wide with a concave back. Bands are available to members in quantities as low as one dozen at a time at the lowest cost currently available in North America. Bands are available to non-Guild-members at a slight premium over Guild cost with a minimum purchase of one dozen. Individuals may also buy them at a slightly higher premium with a minimum purchase of two. For more information about stem bands contact:
Dave Alguire at dalguire228@gmail.com
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