As mentioned previously, Louis Charland built Wiskun on his property almost 40 years ago. We are very fortunate to have contact with him and for him to take his time to scan his old pictures for us. Here I will let Louis narrate and explain his pictures. I have added/deleted some words for purposes of clarity and fluidity to the explanations, but all the explanations are his. Clearly, the pictures don't show justice to the difficult and frustrating work behind building a boat. Only those that have gone through it will understand, but hopefully your imaginations are creative enough to appreciate his work. For sure, we do.

"The first is the mold under construction with Port Moody Harbour faintly in the background. This comes before the cementing of the hull of course. It shows the mold over half finished and the shed is still up. Nearly all the wood is cedar, coming from the local mill, Flavelle Cedar. My neighbour, the good guy (they were both very good and understanding except for the garden episode) was a manager at the mill and supplied me with all my cedar. The posts numbered 28 I believe, all 4x4's, straight and free of knots and 16' long.

I fell off the shed onto the deck while dismantling it to give more light to my neighbour's tomatoes.

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