Duckworks Magazine - The Chestnut Prospector

The Chestnut Prospector

The "workhorse of the North" was designed in Canada to meet the specific needs of the prospector - good maneuverability through whitewater and wilderness, with capacity to carry substantial loads. The Prospector features a flattened, shallow arch hull with its fullness carried into the bow and stern, increased depth amidships to maintain freeboard and deepened ends to keep paddlers and gear dry. The rockered keel-line makes it very maneuverable in whitewater.

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This was the favored canoe of the late Bill Mason, Canada's premier paddler: "It is amazing that such a large-volume tripping canoe can also be so beautiful to paddle solo in the leaned position - canoe ballet. as I call it. It is the ideal all around canoe."

Length	16'
Depth	14"
Maximum beam	35"
Gunwale beam	34"
Bow height	25"
Weight	58-62 lbs.

	The book Canoecraft by Ted Moores and Merilyn Mohr contains complete plans and instructions to build the Chestnut Prospector and six other popular canoe designs. You can purchase the book through Amazon.com. Just click the logo.
You will find all these canoe models in this fine book: Peterborough - Chestnut Prospector - English 20 - Hiawatha - C-4 - Redbird - Sunnyside Cruiser