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Nor-West,
wood canoe manufacturer
since 1945, Nor-West Canoes innovate and maintain the highest standards of excellence.
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 Mr. Augustin Gariepy, founder of Nor-West canoes, was born in Alberta, Canada, in the area of Little Slave Lake. His interest for canoes began at an early age, as he often helped his father, a blacksmith in making and repairing, canoes and barges, for the Hudson Bay Company.
Around 1938, Mr. Gariepy worked for Artic Boats and Canoes in Edmonton, Alberta. There he learned how to make canoes for North West prospectors.
Mr. Gs, a few years later, come to settle in Quebec and during the Second World War, the Canadian Government recruited him to work for the company Canadian Power Boats in Lachine, Quebec.
Around 1945, he founded his own canoe manufacture. At the beginning, most of his customers were from the Abitibi region in Quebec, making the same type of canoes that he had learned in Alberta. At that time Mr. Gariepy, decided to name his company, "LES CANOTS NOR-WEST CANOES".
In 1960, after 10 years of production on its own account, he incorporated the company. Its line of products became very popular especially in the North West Territories, in the North of Ontario and of course in Quebec. Since then, the company has improved its line of wooden canoes, especially its freight canoes. Now, Nor-West Canoes offers a wide range of canoes, going from 12 feet to 26 feet.
Mr. Gariepy's main concern has always been to continuously improve the quality of its products to better satisfy the customers needs and his company now ensured by his four sons continue to grow with that spirit.
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Copyright © 2005, Nor-West. All rights reserved
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