Kennebec canoe, #14380

richard

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In 1970, I bought a 17'+ Kennebec canoe, #14380 in the Adirondacks. Since then I have restored it and recovered it twice. I would like to pinpoint the year of manufacture if possible and any other pertinant info.

Thank you, richard
 
The Kennebec canoe with serial number 14380 is shown on page 203 of volume two in the Kennebec ledgers. This was assigned to 17 foot long Kennebec Model. It was planked by Cameron on July 10th, 1920. The canvas covering and first filler coat was applied by Roy on July 17th, 1920. The second filler coat was applied by Roy on July 31st, 1920. It was railed and completed by King on August 7th, 1920. The original paint color was green. It shipped on May 17th, 1921 to a summer camp in Lyon Mountain, New York. The original Kennebec records are stored at the Maine State Museum. I am unable to attach a scan of these records since their policies do not permit any electronic reproduction of their materials.

The microfilms of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA). I hope that you will join or contribute to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.html to join. More information about the Kennebec models can be found in the Kennebec catalogs contained on the Historic Wood Canoe and Boat Company Catalog Collection CD available from http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson
 
Benson,

How incredible that the Kennebec records exist. Accordingly, I am the second owner of this canoe.. I bought it from the descendent (grandchildren) and current owners of the camp, now defunct. The original owner was Dr. Trygant Burrow, a student of Dr. Jung. In the 1920's he was doing behavioral research on group dynamics. work which was once again revisited in the 1960s by people interested in establishing communeswith the communal a the camp is actually on Lake Chateaugay.
 
Benson,

How incredible that the Kennebec records exist. Accordingly, I am the second owner of this canoe.. I bought it from the descendent (grandchildren) and current owners of the camp, now defunct. The original owner was Dr. Trygant Burrow, a student of Dr. Jung. In the 1920's he was doing behavioral research on group dynamics. work which was once again revisited in the 1960s by people interested in establishing communes. during that period. His works have been translated into 63 foreign languages now reside at Yale University. The camp is actually on Lake Chateaugay and was host to a number of other well known people during the 1920s including Seth Thomas, clockmaker.

I did join the WCHA and most assuredly, I will invest in the CD.

Thank you for your time and guidance, Richard
 
I understand that the lines and plans for this canoe are available from http://ancorayachtservice.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/02/17-wood-and-canvas-edit.jpg and the museum's policies have changed so I can now publish reproductions the original build records here as shown in the links below. This is a Kennebec model and more information is now available from http://www.wcha.org/store/historic-wood-canoe-and-boat-company-catalog-collection in the scanned Kennebec catalogs.

K-14380-a.jpg K-14380-b.jpg

These original Kennebec records are reproduced through the courtesy of the Maine State Museum. The microfilms and scans of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA). I hope that anyone interested in this canoe will join the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

Feel free to reply here if anyone has other questions.

Benson
 
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