Serial Number 119103 Followed By 16. Old Town 16? Built When.

The Old Town canoe with serial number 119103 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel. It was built between September, 1936 and January, 1937. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April 30th, 1937 to Duluth Minn. 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 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/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 join.

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

Benson
 
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