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Kayak - Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
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Kayak

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Ingenious - Ingénieux
Mar 26, 2017
The high-speed hunter. The kayak is the hunter’s boat in name; it means exactly that in Inuktitut, the language of its creators. The kayak is also the hunter’s boat in design; it is fast and manoeuvrable, used by Inuit hunters with equal effectiveness on rivers, inland lakes, and coastal waters. The kayak is old. Inuit hunters have relied on them for at least four thousand years. The classic vessel is constructed entirely out of natural materials, made of stitched sealskin or the skins of other
CCGS Amundsen
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The CCGS Amundsen: the origin story

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Canada Foundation for Innovation
Feb 28, 2017
From an uncertain dream to research success. Louis Fortier, Director of ArcticNet and Canada Research Chair on the Response of Arctic Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change at the Université Laval, talks about the origin of the CCGS Amundsen and his journey to transforming a Canadian Coast Guard ship bound for the scrapyards into what is now Canada’s most innovative Arctic science research platform. Take a tour of the Canadian research icebreaker or watch the Amundsen playlist on YouTube. Find more
Marco Polo painting commissioned by Captain Amos Crosby of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Source: Courtesy of the Yarmouth County Museum, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Marco Polo Ship Model

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Feb 7, 2017
This model commemorates the clipper ship Marco Polo, once the fastest sailing vessel in the world. Built by James Smith in Saint John, New Brunswick, Marco Polo was launched in 1851. The vessel immediately made a record-breaking voyage, crossing the Atlantic Ocean between New Brunswick and England in fifteen days. In 1853, Marco Polo claimed another record after a 68-day voyage from England to Australia, a remarkable passage in the age of sail. The vessel’s speed was a product of design: Marco
Fathometer side view. Source: Tom Alföldi; Ingenium 1980.0466
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Fathometer

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Sep 16, 2016
Had the fathometer, or echo sounder, been available, it might have changed maritime warfare during the First World War. The Fathometer, first offered for sale in 1923, uses sound waves to quickly and accurately determine water depth and detect underwater objects, like submarines. Before echo sounders, sailors dropped and retrieved weighted hand-held lines (lead lines) to estimate water depth. After the sinking of Titanic in 1912, Canadian engineer Reginald A. Fessenden wanted to improve
BX Stern Wheeler on the Nechako River ca 1910
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The BX: Queen of the Upper Fraser

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Jul 26, 2016
The era of the paddlewheel boats on the Upper Fraser was brief, but the allure of this by-gone time endures. The first paddlewheeler to navigate the Upper Fraser was the S.S. Enterprise in 1871. They were trying to find a navigable route to deliver supplies from Soda Creek to the gold mines at Germansen Creek, far to the north. On the return trip she suffered severe damage forcing a beaching on Trembleur Lake, north of Stuart Lake. The crew had a long walk back to Quesnel. Paddlewheelers would
Model Hydrofoil: Canadian War Museum 19801222-001
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HMCS Bras d’Or: Imagining a Faster Warship

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Canadian War Museum
Jun 30, 2016
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Bras d’Or was developed by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for testing anti-submarine warfare technology on an ocean-going hydrofoil. A high-speed vessel, it could operate like a conventional ship, with its hull floating in the water, or travel on its wing-like foils, with its hull completely out of the water, at speeds of up to 60 knots (110 kilometres per hour). The RCN hydrofoil project had its origins in the innovative ideas of Alexander Graham Bell, who
The Russel tug was immortalized on the Canadian one dollar bill in circulation from 1974 to 1989. Source: Bank of Canada
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Russel Winching Tug

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 8, 2016
The Russel winching tug was a workhorse, moving timber along Canadian waterways to mills and markets before trucks took up the greater share of log transport. The all-steel boat, designed in 1936, replaced the wooden “Alligator,” cumbersome steam-powered amphibious machines that could also travel overland. Part of the increasing mechanization of Canada’s logging industry, the Russel tug used its two-cylinder engine and powerful winch to move massive log booms. The operator positioned the tug
Laser sailboat race. Source: International Laser Class Association
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Laser Sailboat

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Mar 8, 2016
The Laser began as a quick sketch made during a telephone conversation between Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce. “How about doing a car-top sail boat?” This was the inspiration for the Laser, perhaps the most popular single-handed sailing dinghy in the world. Bruce Kirby responded to Ian Bruce’s question by creating a light, portable boat that appealed to both recreational and competitive sailors. Introduced in 1971, the Laser gave people access to the thrill of sailing without membership in
Operation Habbakuk
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The Ice Ship Cometh

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National Research Council Canada
Nov 2, 2015
Imagine an aircraft carrier that is unsinkable, self-repairing and virtually invisible to the enemy. In the midst of the Second World War, Winston Churchill made a direct request to Canada to build just such a vessel – out of ice. In 1943, the National Research Council of Canada teamed up with the British government in a secret project code-named Habakkuk (after an Old Testament prophet). The idea was to carve floating airfields out of thick slabs of ice. These airfields would provide mobile
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