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Prospector16
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 7:48 pm |
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Joined: August 8th, 2017, 9:14 am Posts: 911
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I remember when I bought my first Evergreen 5 years ago I did some googling and I seem to recall I found something that said they went under basically because of a family feud within the family that owned the company. I just spent 10 minutes searching this site and did not find anything but I have to think there is a thread on here about it.
How long ago did they go under?
I seem to recall that was the brand that MEC carried before Nova Craft, wasn't it?
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Prospector16
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 7:49 pm |
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Joined: August 8th, 2017, 9:14 am Posts: 911
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open_side_up
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 8:09 pm |
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Joined: October 9th, 2009, 9:52 am Posts: 876 Location: Toronto Beach(es)
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I believe that before they were distributed by MEC, they were associated with and maybe built at the Complete Paddler on Oxford St., just off the Gardiner Expwy. in Etobicoke. Not sure what caused their demise, but they did build very good canoes.
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Brad Thomas
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 8:52 pm |
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Joined: June 28th, 2008, 2:06 pm Posts: 359 Location: GTA
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Sam82
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 9:15 pm |
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Joined: October 16th, 2008, 9:20 am Posts: 1418 Location: Warkworth
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I thought Mohawk got their XL design from them... .
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MartinG
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Posted: May 15th, 2019, 9:24 pm |
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Joined: November 6th, 2009, 9:37 am Posts: 623 Location: Kingston, ON
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Evergreen was located where the Complete Paddler is today. That is where the canoes were made. They went out of business because the owner spent money he didn't have. Not much more than bad business. Their most lasting contribution was picking up the Mold for the Bluehole Starburst and continuing to make one of the best river boats ever. Their Kevlar models were just ho hum. I wouldn't be surprised if they farmed some of those out to OEM manufactures in Quebec.
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Paddle Power
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Posted: May 16th, 2019, 12:12 pm |
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Joined: January 11th, 2005, 4:58 pm Posts: 1991 Location: Manitoba
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eberlym
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Posted: August 19th, 2019, 11:15 am |
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Joined: April 30th, 2010, 4:11 pm Posts: 83 Location: Georgetown, ON
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I have an Evergreen Prospector in Royalex, and it is awesome. Super versatile. I would buy another one if possible.
Kelly McDowell, who owns and operates The Complete Paddler is formerly an employee of Evergreen, at the same location. There are old molds hanging from the rafters in the store. He knows a lot about it but is unlikely to post here. Call it bankruptcy if you want, but the story I heard amounted to a cash flow shortage in one form or another.
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Dan.
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Posted: August 19th, 2019, 1:25 pm |
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Joined: April 14th, 2004, 4:26 pm Posts: 1898 Location: Toronto
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They were built in etobicoke. They ran out of money. Story as old as time. Boats were generally good to excellent quality.
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jbv
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Posted: October 24th, 2019, 12:53 pm |
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Joined: March 9th, 2014, 11:10 pm Posts: 21
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i was an MEC employee in TO at the time they came into existence. i had 3 over the years and wish i never sold the royalex Prospector. i got engaged in that boat at the bottom of a rapid on the Petawawa. i also had the most stunning canary yellow kevlar prospector with black walnut trim they custom built for me. it was unreal. they also had reasonable prices. it's my understanding that all the hulls were made in Quebec at an established canoe factory due to skilled labour and all hand laid. they were nice, but not sophisticated layups. all trim was done in house at Etobicoke. owner was a nice guy and treated me very well, but as mentioned, was a poor businessman and thus the demise of the company.
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eberlym
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Posted: November 12th, 2019, 4:22 pm |
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Joined: April 30th, 2010, 4:11 pm Posts: 83 Location: Georgetown, ON
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Just for kicks; I was at TCP on Saturday and the former owner of Evergreen (named Jeff) is apparently still a hanger's-on, friendly with everyone and around the store from time to time. There were 3 examples of his craft on the storage racks in the back lot, and mine made it 4.
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Prospector16
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Posted: November 13th, 2019, 2:54 pm |
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Joined: August 8th, 2017, 9:14 am Posts: 911
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Dave_k
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Posted: November 13th, 2019, 9:17 pm |
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Joined: May 25th, 2017, 3:02 pm Posts: 141 Location: Guelph, Ontario
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TCP - The Complete Paddler
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Paddle Power
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Posted: November 14th, 2019, 2:32 pm |
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Joined: January 11th, 2005, 4:58 pm Posts: 1991 Location: Manitoba
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