misskimmie
Adirondack Paddler
I have a beautiful, great condition wooden canoe I would like information on. I believe it was made in the mid or late '40s. Serial Number 120734 16. Thank you.
1940's Old Town Canoe
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smallboatshop
Restorers
Hi. Your canoe is a 16 foot AA Grade (Top Grade), Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, thwarts and seats. It was equipped with a keel and floor rack, painted blue to sample. It was built in 1937 and sold Champion Knitwear in Rochester, NY.
The scan of this record is attached - click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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.php 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. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's length.
Dan
Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
The scan of this record is attached - click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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.php 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. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's length.
Dan
Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
