Making the Cut

In cooperation with the Fall River School Department, Battleship Cove Community Boating (BCCB) formerly ran a wooden boat-building course in which middle school students from Greater Fall River constructed plywood boats and then took to the water at Battleship Cove. The canoes now remain at the Community Boating Center, where they are utilized in the museum’s youth sailing program.

Funded with a 21st Century Learning Centers grant and support from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, this innovative program took learning beyond the traditional classroom setting. Throughout the hands-on project, students followed detailed instructions to learn many different industrial arts skills.

“This was a very challenging project: It pushed students to think and find their way out of difficult challenges,” explains Don Shannon, Battleship Cove's PT Boat Coordinator and an expert on the subject of wooden boats.

Shannon, who ran the program, was assisted by longtime volunteers Harry Miller and Roland Cote, both Navy veterans who have contributed to the museum with projects like the YAGR exhibit.

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