 Highlights of the event were the wooden boats on display in the marina, on the lake and in the display area at Goodrich Park.
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addition to boats, the celebration included displays of antique cars,
bikes, stationary engines, printmaking and art work, calligraphy, and
bygone basics of cooking and canning. |
 Boats were large and small, working boats as well as pleasure craft.
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 Sail boats and power boats.
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 This beautiful little boat sported an antique Johnson outboard engine.
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 Johnson outboards, made in the USA, have a reputation for outlasting their original owners.
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 This little boat is also powered by a Johnson outboard.
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 These
hand-made cedar strip canoes were my favorite although they are
contemporary. It's not a requirement for boats to be antiques to
appear in the show, it's just that most wooden boats are.
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 The White River Brigade of Voyageurs displayed trade goods, muskets and a birch bark canoe to celebrate the day.
The actors were costumed as voyageurs of the 1 750 - 1850 period on the Great Lakes. |
 Although this Rolls Royce has the classic front end, I've never before seen a Rolls woody station wagon.
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 From the rear end it looks even more amazing.
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 Clearly, it was built for driving on Britain's roads.
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 A beautifully maintained 1956 Thunderbird with the Continental kit.
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 What I liked about those huge, skinny steering wheels was that you could always find the horn.
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 Like
watching a blazing camp fire burn down, I could watch stationary
engines run for hours on end, even if they aren't attached to secondary
machinery such as a pump, grain elevator, or a saw.
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