Old Town

David Satter

Wooden Canoe Maniac
Ok . I thought it was 79798 16 . but that's a square stern. So I'm getting 79792 and I think the 2 is upside down. I checked the other end though it's even harder to read and the 2 witch I think it is, is totally upside down from this end. I'll try and put a photo up. Help please. Dave IMG_3584.JPG IMG_3585.JPG IMG_3589.JPG
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 79792 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between August, 1923 and May, 1924. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on May 27th, 1924 to Lakewood, Penna. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

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This scan and several hundred thousand more 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/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The serial numbers were stamped one digit at a time by hand so it is not unusual for some to be upside down occasionally. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson
 
Thanks Benson, I thought it was an early Yankee. I'm 99% sure that's it. I don't think either of those 9s could be a 0. Far as I know the zeros were much taller rather than rounded. ?
 
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