
- “Home” and “Products” pages: portion of “Indian camp on Pine Tree Point, Rice Lake”. Oil on canvas, Reginald Drayton, c. 1875. Private collection.
- “To Order” page: Coming down through the New Brunswick woods in an Ogilvy Special model “Chestnut” canoe, portion photo courtesy Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- “Information” page: excerpt from topo map, Upper Ottawa River (1964), courtesy Hugh Stewart.
- “Contact” page: Upper St. John River, near Connors, New Brunswick. Hills of Aroostook County, Maine in background.
- “T-shirts” page: Canoemen at rest. 1966 publicity tour Montréal to New York in advance of cross-Canada voyage to celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967. “Centennial” model 25-foot canvas–covered canoe made by Chestnut Canoe Co., Fredericton, N.B. Photo courtesy George Birch.
- “Sweatshirts” page: 15-foot cedar–strip “Viamede” model rowing skiff by Peterborough Canoe Co. c.1945. St Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ontario.
- “Caps” page: Old 16-foot rib-and-batten canoe made by Wm. English Canoe Co. (1861–1932), Peterborough, Ontario. Photo at Charleston Lake near Lansdowne, Ontario.
- “Books” page: Scale–model native canoes built by Tappan Adney, shown on the doorstep of his shanty at Upper Woodstock, N.B., 1938. Portion of photo courtesy Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- “Canoe Catalogue Reprints” page: The model 570, a 20-foot freight and transport canoe at the Water Street plant of the Peterborough Canoe Co., Peterborough, Ontario, apparently during the First World War. Portion of photo courtesy J.F. Richardson.
- “Canoe Posters” page: Outing c. 1886 in Maliseet bark canoes on the St. John River near Fredericton, N.B. Will Chestnut at far left. Portion photo courtesy Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- “Canoe Decals” page: Bow of Chestnut pleasure canoe, courtesy D.C. Oppen, and Chestnut “Chum” model pleasure canoe in the 1000 Islands, St. Lawrence River, near Ivy Lea, Ontario.
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“Postcards” page: Very beautiful and very old rib-and-batten canoe by Thomas Gordon, Lakefield, Ontario. Painted in decorative livery in 1876 to honour the centennial of America. Other side of the canoe - white with stars in blue.
- “Stewardship” page: PETER THE BOATMAN. Introduced to the public by Peterborough Canoe Co. in catalogues and brochures during the spring of 1934. Intended as a wise, approachable and trustworthy spokesman for the company's theme at the time - that a long-standing reputation for quality and reliability stood behind everything made by the Peterborough Canoe Co. As he said at the time: “look to Peterborough for integrity and quality.” Despite his good looks and sound advice, he seems to have retired early. We hear nothing more of him after the mid-1930’s.
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