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Wayback Wednesday: Ditchburn Hockey Team, Gravenhurst

This photo appeared in Vintage Muskoka.

The caption reads: “Ditchburn Hockey team Exact Date not known probably during 1920’s.”

Ditchburn Boats is the popular name for a manufacturer of wooden pleasure craft launches and racing boats located in Gravenhurst on Lake Muskoka. At one time the company was the largest boat manufacturer in the lake region. Ditchburn operated from 1871 until approximately the 1930s building wooden rowboats and canoes early in its history, and later gasoline-powered launches. Ditchburn is particularly known for producing high-quality mahogany launches which have become highly prized by collectors in recent years.

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