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Mackinaw Boat, a strong flat-bottomed boat, pointed at each end and with a hold in the middle, was used by fur traders during the French regime for running downstream. It was later adapted for open water by the addition of 2 sails and a steering oar. By the 1870s a distinctive type, 6.7 m to 8.
Mackinaw Boat
Mackinaw Boat, a strong flat-bottomed boat, pointed at each end and with a hold in the middle, was used by fur traders during the French regime for running downstream. It was later adapted for open water by the addition of 2 sails and a steering oar. By the 1870s a distinctive type, 6.7 m to 8.7 m long and schooner rigged, had evolved in the Strait of Mackinaw, and gave its name to the vessel. A further development called the Collingwood skiff was widely used throughout GEORGIAN BAY for gill-netting and pleasure sailing until the advent of the outboard motor.
