Wooden Boat Builders of the Past
List of Wooden Boat Builders
Albany Boat Co.
Albright Boat & Marine Co.,
Charlotte, NC.
Aeolian Company
Bbuilder of ACO Seaboats
Andress Boat Co.
Rockport, Ontario
Atlas Boat Corp.
of Menominee, Michigan
Boesch Boats
Switzerland
Century Boat Co.
of Manistee, Michigan
Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co., Later called Chris Craft
Chris Craft
Dart Boat Co. of Toledo, Ohio
About 30 to 40 Dart Boats survive today. The company was in business for about
eight years, but closed in 1931 during the depression. First known as Indian
Lake Boat Co., the rights to build the Dart Runabout were sold in 1928. Meanwhile,
Indian Lake Boat Co. continued to build outboard boats and fishing boats through
about 1955.
Dee-Wite Lumber Co.,
Detroit, Michigan
Dingle Boat Works
St. Paul, Mn.
Ditchburn Boats, Ltd.
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Horace E. Dodge Boat & Plane Corp.
Builder of Dodge Boats
Dowsett Boat Co.
Portland, Ontario
Duke Boat Co.
Port Carling, Ontario
Dunphy Boat Co.
Oshkosh, WI.
Eckfield Boat Co.
Algonac, Michigan
Faul of Horgen
Switzerland
Fetthall Boats
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Fay Bow Boats
Geneva, New York
Fitzgerald and Lee
New York
Gar Wood Boat Co.
Algonac, Michigan
Gilbert Boat Co.
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Globe Mastercraft
Greavette Boats, Ltd.
Canada
Gregory's Belle Isle Boat & Engine Co.
Grew Boat Co.
Plenetang, Ontario
Hacker Boat Co.
Hafer Craft Boat Co.
Higgins, Inc.
Hunter Boats, Ltd.
Orillia, Ontario
Hutchinson Boat Works
New York
Lacaille Boat Co.
Magog, Quebec
Larson Boat Works
Minnesota
Ludington Boat Div. of Ludington Aircraft, Inc.
Rhode Island
Mac-Craft Corp. Ltd.
Wallaceburg, Ontario
Mariner of Michigan
Mason Boat Co.
Montreal, Quebec
Mayea Boat Works
Fairhaven, Michigan
Meteor Boats
Piqua, Ohio
Midwest Boat Co.
Neenah, Wisconsin
Minett Shields, Ltd.
Canada
Morehouse Boat Co.
Cayuga lake, New York
North Star Marine Construction Co.
Holland, Michigan
Northwestern Boat & Mfg. Co.
Builder of "Curly Craft"
Ontario Boat and Engine Co.
Wallaceburg, Ontario
Penn Yan Boats
Penn Yan, New York
Peterborough Canoe Co.
Peterborough, Ontario
Philbrick Boat Co.
California
Port Carling Boat Works, Ltd.
Port Carling, Ontario
Ramaley Boat Works
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Rio of Italy
Riva Boat Co.
Lake Sarnico, Italy
Robinson Seagull
Scott Boat Co.
Toronto, Ontario
Lyon-Tuttle Corp.
New York. Builder of Sea-Lyon.
Shepherd Boats, Ltd.
Canada
Stan Craft Corp.
Formerly in Montana, now in Idaho
Stephens Marine
Stockton, California. Founded in 1902 by
Thode and Roy Stephens.
Streblow Custom Boats
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sunflower Boat Works
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Thompson:
Thompson Brothers Boat Mfg. Co., Peshito, Wi. and Cortland, New York
Thompson Boat Co. Peshtigo, Wisconsin and St. Charles, Michigan
Thompson Marine Products, St. Charles, Michigan
Thompson Boat Co. of New York, Inc., Cortland, New York
Thompson Royal-Craft, Inc., Cortland, New York
Thompson by Chris-Craft, Cortland, New York
Cruisers, Inc., Oconto, Wisconsin
T & T Boats, Inc., Wausaukee, Wisconsin
Grady-White Boats, Greenville, North Carolina
Thompson Skis, Inc., Crivitz, Wisconsin (water skis)
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Tonka Craft Boats
Built by Minnetonka Boat Works, Wayzata, Minnesota
Truscott
Vanguard Power Boats
Auburn, Indiana
Van-Craft, Wallaceburg, Ontario
Ventnor Boat Works
Ventnor, New Jersey
Founded by Adolph Apel. Ventnor specialized in building competition racing boats and their boats won many awards and set new speed records for their high profile and famous customers. The company was moved to a larger facility in Atlantic City, NJ. at the outset of World War II. There they built boats for the Army and Navy. After the war, Ventnor returned to building pleasure craft, including race boats, cabin cruisers, yacht tenders, skiffs, rowboats and sail boats.
Wallace Boat Works, Rice Lake, Ontari
