A Cape Island style fishing boat is an inshore motor fishing boat found across Atlantic Canada having a single keeled flat bottom at the stern and more rounded towards the bow. A Cape Island style boat is famous for its large step up to the bow. It originated on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia about 1905. (Various online sources cite years 1905, 1906, and 1907.) Two families claim credit for its invention. The design is most commonly credited to Ephraim Atkinson of Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia. The Atkinson family builders have continued building the world-renowned and recognized pleasure and commercial boats to this day.
The other claim to the boat's design is an accomplished boat-builder from Clark's Harbour, William A. Kenney, who is said to have constructed the first Cape Islander entirely from wood in 1905.
This boat can now be seen in use all over coastal Nova Scotia, North America, and the world. It is closely related to the Maine lobster boat.
References
- Small Wooden Boats of Atlantic Canada, by Wayne Barrett and David A. Walker (Nimbus Books, Halifax, 1990) ISBN 0921054548
External links
- Photo of Cape Islander at wharf
- Nova Scotia Motorized Fishing Boats by David A. Walker
- Clark's Harbour article at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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