A detail of the 8 meter boat that was on display on the dockside when the Draken Harald Hårfagre was visiting Toronto.
I had an interesting discussion with a couple of the crew members regarding the similarities in construction and style of this boat and the York Boats used by the Hudson's Bay Company. The first York Boats were built around 1749 by boatbuilders recruited from the Orkneys , good Norse stock.