Rancourt

About Rancourt

Rancourt & Co. makes shoes and boots for men and women in Lewiston, Maine, and everything it sells is built in its own factory there. The story starts with David Rancourt, who left Sherbrooke, Quebec in the early 1950s to learn shoemaking in Lewiston. By 1967 he had opened a factory making handmade moccasins, and his eldest son Michael joined in 1970. The factory grew into a producer of calfskin loafers for other well-known brands. When its owners planned to close it in 2008, Michael and his son Kyle bought it back and launched Rancourt & Co. in 2009. Today the range covers loafers, boots, boat shoes, moccasins, calfskin dress shoes and leather sneakers, many with true handsewn moccasin construction. Recent leathers include American bison.