ID / recommendations for old Keewaydin

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First time poster here. Hope the photos work, if not I’ll be having to re-do on my desktop. Recently acquired a free canoe. Prior owner didn’t use much and sat on side in yard for many years. It has Keewaydin onnside. From what I can tell the hull has some minor damage at the keel and the gunwales thwarts and seats all need replacement. Right now
This boat is quite flimsy and I’m hoping it’s just due to the total lock of gunwales and proper thwarts etc. my plan is to fix hull, source 9’ pieces of ash for gunwales and join them then replace and then work on seats. I have some questions as I’ve never done anything to a canoe. How much could this have been worth originally? My tentative plan is to use 8 oz of g flex epoxy to attach two Kevlar felt skid pads and hope that offers to protection this boat needs. I definitely have many other questions regarding the wood working but wanted to get started with a general ID and discussion on the hull which seems the place to start. Thanks!

Edit: I see I can only post one pic. I’ll try and attach Imgur link.
https://imgur.com/gallery/66ofjaT

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Welcome. If the hull is not brittle it is worth saving. The lack of flotation chambers means it is probably Royalex.

If you need to do hull repairs, use G-flex.

There are a lot of great resorces out there on canoe restoration.

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I did a little research. The was a short lived canoe builder called the Keewaydin Canoe Company. I believe Mad River may have made Royalex hulls for them.

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Post in thread ‘Another Fixer Upper’ Another Fixer Upper | Canoetripping.net Forums

There is some information on the Keewaydin Canoe Company in this thread.