Our Cruiser
This canoe is identical to the "Our Cruiser" from the Merwin, Hulbert & Co. catalogue listed in the table. I don't know the relation at this point between R.J. Douglas and Merwin, Hulbert & Co. though I'm sure with a little background digging on both companies the connection will become clear.
During the final year or so of the original American Canoeist - voice of the American Canoe Association from February 1882 through the end of 1887 - R. J. Douglas and Co., Waukegan, Illinois, adveritised on the cover and included a small line sketch of one of their canoe models. The folowing lines are taken from those advertisements.
