The framing of the North Star is flying along and the crew will soon move on to planking. To prepare the crew for the massive corking job that is coming, Lyle builds a corking wall attachment for the beloved 1950s Allis-Chalmers forklift.

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Credits:
Owner of North Star: June Victoria Harrison
Executive Producer: Lyle Franklin
Director & Producer: Johannes Fast
Camera 1: Johannes Fast
Camera 2: Emerson Cymet
Music: Lyle Franklin
Post Production: Johannes Fast
French Subtitles: Morgan Labaisse

Books by the third owner of the North Star, R. Bruce Macdonald:
Sisters of the Ice:
https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Ice-He...

North Star of Herschel Island - The Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship.
https://www.amazon.com/North-Star-Her...

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https://www.favouriteboatworks.com
https://www.northstarofherschelisland.ca

Favourite Boatworks is a Vancouver based wooden boat repair and restoration business that offers professional shipwright, corking, and rigging services in the lower mainland. The business is based in Vancouver on the Fraser River and is servicing British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest wooden boat fleet.

We wish to acknowledge that Favourite Boatworks is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia. We pay our respects to the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples of this area, acknowledging their enduring connection to this land, and we would like to express our gratitude and respect for their historical and ongoing stewardship of these lands.