Monday, October 8, 2007

John Cockburn Jr. and his Production Hands


John Cockburn Sr., the original designer of the pointer boat was succeeded by his son, A.E. Cockburn who was followed by his son, John Cocburn Jr. (pictured) who continued to build pointer boats in the style approved by tradition and daily practice until 1969. John Cockburn Jr. died in 1972. The founder's grandson is probably the only pointer builder in Canada, regardless (as he puts it) of the few purchasers who "tear down my old boats and rebuild new ones from the pattern. They are still my grandfather's design."

"The Pointer Boat"
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
1963


Picture by Montaigne of Pembroke
Arnold Gillies Muirhead Collection
Sept 6, 1955

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