This boat was originally from Pigeon Lake, where she spent her first 10 years in a comfortable, safe boat-house. Purchased by the current owners in 1976, she was used for a couple of years at their cottage on Gold Lake before engine problems grounded her usage. Combined engine woes, along with damage to her hull (collision with a stump!), led them to retire the boat 'temporarily' to a dry home under their elevated cottage. Turns out she spent over 20 years there!
In 2004, after attending the Antique Boat Show in Peterborough, one of the family’s sons, visiting from British Columbia, decided that the 'someday boat restoration project' should happen. He contacted John and started the ball rolling for a full restoration. The Aquacraft then got dragged out from under the cottage and got into the capable hands of John's Little Boat Shop for a complete restoration. Correspondence with pictorial and text descriptions between John and Dan kept the project ongoing throughout the winter of 2004, which netted beautiful results for a Spring launch.