If any of you are vacationing in the Adirondacks or Vermont, a stop at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountian Lake is well worth the visit. The have a large collection of Adirondack guide boats and wooden canoes including construction demos with the old hand tools. These were built in the end of the last century and until the 30's. There are canoes that weight less than 20 lbs(13 lbs) that carried a man all over the lakes. The Guide boat is unique to the ADKS. It looks like a canoe but is rowable and will hold up to 4 people and gear. They typically are 18-20 ft. and weigh about 60-80 lbs. These were built with planes, chisels and slicks to tolerances in the 1/64 inch. Also unique, they were built by loggers and guides during their slow times.
My grandfather worked/studied under Lewis Grant, one of the last to make them using traditional techniques and tools. He showed me how the tools worked but unfortunately died before he taught me to "properly" use them.