Serial inquiry -OTC 88972 17

[Tania Davies]

Hi there - wondering if you would have any information on an Old Town 17” double end canoe with serial number 88972 17.

thanks

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 88972 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, HW (Heavy Water) model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, a keel, outside stems, and sponsons. It was built between November, 1925 and August, 1926. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 4th, 1927 to Houlton, Maine. A scan of this build record can be found below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more 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/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, 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 join.

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

 

[Tania Davies]

Thanks for the great info.

From the info you provided it looks like it shipped directly from the factory to the buyer but it also has a tag on it for the Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co.

This canoe eventually made its way to Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada.