Boat motor

A ‘Johnson’ eight horsepower ‘OK-20’ gasoline boat motor. This motor was being used by a Dene man on his home-made boat in 1962 when Bern Will Brown arrived in Colville Lake. Small boat motors like this are also called ‘kickers’ and could be strapped on the back of freighter canoes, making travel much easier for people using the waterways.
Accession No.
2010.012.016
Maker
Johnson
Culture
Dene
Region
Sahtu
Location
Colville Lake
Date
1927
Boat motor