Re: [Paddlewise] The naming of boats

From: Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_geocities.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:54:41 -0400
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> From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
--snip--
>     Are you sure about that?  I took a quick look at a 1905 ACA Yearbook,
> which lists all the members (957 back then).   I would estimate that at
> least 80 percent of them had also listed their boats' names.  This also
> includes the Northern Division, which was all of Canada.
--snip--

I concur with Joe, for when I had access to Canadian Canoe Association and
Sudbury Canoe Club records from the turn of the century, I came across
frequent references to named canoes.  

Cheers,
Richard Culpeper
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