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The Peterborough Canoe Company, founded in 1892 by William H. Hill and Elihu Edwards, manufactured wooden canoes in a factory located at the corner of King and Water Streets in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, where quality wood and wood-canvas canoes and sporting goods were produced until 1961. ==History== Founded by William H. Hill and Elihu Edwards in 1892, the Peterborough Canoe Company was managed by James Z. Rogers.〔Brown, Ken, "Establishment of the Peterborough Canoe Company", ''The Canadian Canoe Company'', 2011, p. 33-39〕Just at the time that the company was starting up, another canoe company, the Ontario Canoe Company, closed because its factory suffered a serious fire. Many of the experienced canoe builders came to work at the Peterborough Canoe Company, and so the canoes produced by the two companies were similar: wide board, cedar strip and cedar rib construction.〔("Peterborough Canoe Company" ), Dragonfly Canoe Works, retrieved 30 January 2013〕 The canoes were mostly canvas covered.〔("Peterborough Canoe Company" ), ''The Oxford Companion to Canadian History'', Oxford University Press, 2004〕 Canoes from the Peterborough Canoe Company were sold as far away as Europe.〔 In 1915, the company bought one of its competitors, the William English Canoe Company. In 1923, it merged with a New Brunswick canoe maker, the Chestnut Canoe Company, and became Canadian Watercraft Ltd. Another Peterborough firm, the Canadian Canoe Company, was bought in 1928.〔 In 1948 Princess Elizabeth received a 16 foot cedar rib canoe made by this company as a wedding present from the City of Peterborough.〔(Cedar-Rib Canoe 996.1.1 ADOPTED ), Canadian Canoe Museum〕 After World War II, the company became less profitable because of competition from makers of the new aluminum and fibreglass canoes, which were easier to mass-produce.〔〔("The Canoe" ), ''Blazing Paddles''〕 The company began to manufacture wooden powerboats and sailboats, as well as related products such as duck decoys, water skis and surf boards.〔(Peterborough Boat Company ), Trent Severn Antique & Classic Boat Association〕〔(Peterborough Canoe ), National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, UK〕 In 1961 the company ceased production.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peterborough Canoe Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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