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Touring Bikes with Cantilever Brakes

So, I'm looking to buy a touring bike with a number of different features. Steel frame, mounts to handle front and rear racks, drop bars with bar end shifters, good clearance for tires. So far so good, there are lots of options with all of that. However, where I'm struggling is finding brands designed for cantilever brakes. It seems like they've all gone to discs, and if they had rim brake models those have been discontinued.

Surly Disc Trucker (RIP LHT...)
Masi Giramondo
Kona Sutra
Trek 520
Salsa Marrakesh
Fuji Touring

all seem like lovely bikes, but they're all intended to work with disc brakes. So, is anyone able to recommend some brands I might have missed that still design for canti? Failing that, could you recommend any older models that would be easy to find secondhand?

Thanks for the help.
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