SEA ARK BOATS Donates "Super Jon" Riverboat to CHEI!
During
the summer of 1998, the Cultural Heritage and Education
Institute (CHEI) received an extraordinary contribution of a
new Sea Ark 24' Super Jon water craft from SEA ARK BOATS,
INC. of Monticello, AR. The Sea Ark 24' Super Jon has
enabled CHEI to facilitate logistical errands much more
efficiently. Since the cross-cultural summer camps held at
Old Minto are only reachable via the Tanana River, supplies
and people must be brought in using water craft. The Sea Ark
24' Super Jon has become an essential part of the
transportation of personnel and equipment, including
firewood, water, food, and shelter materials. Over the next
few summers the Sea Ark 24' Super Jon will be relied upon
even more as it shall be used to transport building
materials for several construction and restoration projects
in Old Minto. The use of the 24' water craft will help to
make an arduous task all that much easier.
MADER
MARINE PARTS of Palmer, AK, the Sea Ark Alaska
distributor, coordinated the donation and several other
organizations and people facilitated the transportation of
the water craft from Tacoma, WA to Fairbanks, AK. Totem
Ocean Trailer Express donated shipping from Washington
to Anchorage, AK and Raven Shipping Pacific
transported the craft from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
Persingers Marine, Fairbanks Sea Ark distributor,
contributed rigging services and King Trailer of
Maryville, WA provided a boat trailer for land
transportation.
For the past two summers the Sea Ark boat has had several comments on the size and the looks from many travelers up and down the rivers which serve many small communities along 900 miles connecting several parts of Alaska.
Our thanks to all those contributors who made this possible.
Thanks to the staff of the Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN) and CHEI for aiding in the creation of this page
