Jack Hurley runs a wonderfully straight-forward old-time wood-canvas canoe building and restoration shop in Dwight, Ontario, just west of Algonquin Park. You've probably already seen some of their products, but just don't realize it. A national clothing store chain has one of their canoes in just about every store! There are even a pair of Hurley canoes in one of the displays at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. At the shop and retail store, they also have on display a truly unique range of other hand crafted products, including Wanigans, Canoe Coffee Tables. The shop is a boatbuilder's delight, busy, and crammed with on-going projects. The walls are rich in history and memorabilia, and smell of cedar fills the air.
Hurley Canoe specializes in restoring cedar canvas canoes. These canoes are part of the Canadian heritage, and many of us first learned to paddle in one of these classic carft. If you have an family heirloom canoe in serious need of restoration, there is probably nobody better to turn to than Hurley Canoe. They are capable of returning that rotting, mouldy decrepit pile of junk behind your garage to its former glory, and it will be fully functional - not just a display piece.
