152176 17 ?

Craig Johnson

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Stopped in a bar in Fl. for lunch and found this nice OTCA and paddles in great shape. Build sheet please and thanks.
 

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The Old Town canoe with serial number 152176 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, half ribs, a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. It was built between January,1949 and March, 1950. The original exterior paint color was light Yale blue. It shipped on March 6th, 1950 to Boston, Mass. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will renew your membership to 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://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to renew.

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
 

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