Antique 16' Spanish Cedar Sailing Canoe Boat Copper Clenched Nailed Boat 36 Wide

Exceptional Antique Canoe16' Long ~ 36" WideEntire boat is Very Rare Spanish Cedar Ship Lap PlankingNo Fiberglass!!! Spruce (?) Waterline Copper Clenched Nailed 116 RibsDeck Plates Brass HardwareMatonnat brass plates, not believed to be original due to boats history & other points. Believed to be made in Hamilton Ontario Canada by Henry BastienThe only other Bastien boats we have seen were in photos, a canoe located in a boat house in CanadaThey both had been commissioned by the family in the 1800'sThese two canoes had the same tumble home, sheer, shape of stem, shape of bottom, ribs spacing, size,everything was identical.They look like they came off the same mold.That canoe had burnt in a First Nations Chief in Full Regalia. Beautiful for Paddling which it is a pleasure, Display or Bookcases! Originally rigged for sailingFloor grate newVarnishedOlder Restoration