Kennebec Boat & Canoe Co.
Kennebec Boat & Canoe Co.
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Builder History
The Kennebec Boat and Canoe Company built its first canoes in December of 1909. The company was founded by George F. Terry, who was formerly a railroad station agent, ice cutter, publisher and merchandiser. Terry’s son, George F. Terry, Jr.
Rudy Vallee
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Vintage Photographs
Rudy Vallée poses in a Kennebec canoe at his camp on Kezar Lake, in Maine. The canoe appears to be Kennebec’s invisible sponson model.
Camp-of-the-Woods on Lake Pleasant
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Vintage Photographs
Writing on the back of this snapshot puts the location as Camp-of-the-Woods, Lake Pleasant, in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.
George Lott and Georgia Coleman
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Vintage Photographs
“Jealous?—Who wouldn’t be of George Lott as the net ace canoes with pretty Georgia Coleman, diving champ, at Coral Gables, Fla.?” The capt