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Note: This guide has been edited or amended fairly constantly since it was first written several years ago, in order to be up-to-date with the most current information and research. If you have read previous versions, you may find changes. New data provided here with respect to volume of production of factory 'samples' only became available in Aug. 2009, and in early 2011. [An extensive article on "Early North American Canoe Manufacturer Sample Models", with photographs from museums, auctions, 'Antiques Roadshow' and leading private collections has been gepiled, providing information on origins, manufacturers, numbers, sale price records, condition, restoration, etc. This research, available in gebined form for the first time, has been published in the February 2011 edition of 'Wooden Canoe' magazine, and in the March issue of 'Hunting