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Adirondack Museum. In Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Home page. Take a virtual tour of the boat building (see some Rushton canoes there, among many other boats).
Canadian Canoe Museum. In Peterborough, Ontario. Home page. The only museum in North America dedicated soley to the canoe. Take a virtual tour of the museum's collection and exhibits (click on each picture to get a good view of the photo); learn about Canada's canoe heritage. Sections on canoeing cultures, how to build a canoe; paddler profiles, links to lots of photos, etc. The feature exhibits are "The Grand Portage," "Origins Gallery," "Trade and Aliance," "Preserving Skills," "The Land Becomes Canada," "I Wasn't All Work," "Summer Strokes," "The Peterborough Tradition," "Reflections: The Land, The People and The Canoe."[Good bibliography]
The Antique Boat Museum. Home page for this museum at Clayton, New York (on the St. Lawrence River). Also a great local spot to visit to look at Rushton (and other) canoes. See the catalog for some of the canoes in the museum (click on the pictures to enlarge them). Open 9-5, Mid-May through Mid-Oct.
Rushton Canoe Exhibit Opens. At the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Pictures that link to information on Rushton and his canoes. Hours: Tues.-Thrs. noon-4:00; Fri. noon-8:00; Sat. noon-4:00.
"Give Me of Your Bark, O Birch Tree": Accounts of the canoe in exploration and travel literature. Includes the "brochure" from the exhibit, along with pictures of the exhibit itself. From the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota.
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