Vivian, L. Lester and his Gander Bay Boat, George's Point, Gander Bay.

• Main Author: Braye, Crystal
• Other Authors: Vivian, Lester, Lester Vivian born in Gander Bay in 1932 to Maisy (nee Blake) and Jasper Vivian. By sixteen years old, Lester built his first Gander Bay Boat (also known as a Gander River Boat) and began working as a guide on the Gander River. He has built more than one hundred boats and has spent a more fifty years guiding, primarily for executive guests of Abitibi-Price Inc, on the Gander River and in parts of Labrador.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Objects; Architecture; building and construction; Boatbuilding; Boats; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/124

Lester Vivian and his Gander Bay boat (Gander River boat) built in May 2013. While Lester usually builds his boats 24-25 feet long, this one is 23 feet long due to difficulty finding quality timber long enough for keel and planks. In this boat, Lester used juniper for the ribs, spruce for the keel, stem, and stern knee, and she's finished with spruce planking. At one time fir was preferred for the boat's planks, but invasive insects have damaged local fir trees and forced many builders to switch to spruce.