The Chestnut Canoe Company built this "workhorse of the North" to meet the specific needs of the prospector - good maneuverability through whitewater and wilderness, with capacity to carry substantial loads. The 16' Prospector features a flattened, shallow arch hull with its fullness carried into the bow and stern, good depth amidships to maintain freeboard and deepened ends to keep paddlers and gear dry. The rockered keel-line makes it very maneuverable in whitewater. This was the favoured canoe of the late Bill Mason, Canada's premier paddler..."it is amazing that such a large-volume tripping canoe can also be so beautiful to paddle solo in the leaned position - canoe ballet, as I call it. It is the ideal all-round canoe."

· Beam waterline: 33.25"
· Bow height: 19.25"
· Centre depth: 13.25"
· Displacement: 420 lbs.
· Draft: 4"
· Wetted surface: 27.2 sq.ft.
· Weight to immerse: 120 lb/in
· Prismatic coefficient: 0.510
· Weight: 55 to 60 lbs
· Keel-less or shoe keel

The Bear Mountain Boat Shop 1993
Lines taken by Bill Mason
Drawn by Ted Moores, 1993
Lines faired by Steve Killing, 1999

All our full size canoe plans include the following:
• Full-size drawings showing the profile, plan and section shape of the hull.
• Full size plans for the mold stations.
• Full size plans for stem molds.
• The booklet 'Building a Bear Mountain Style Canoe'
• Epoxyworks newsletter
• WEST SYSTEM® technical manual