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Edwin Vaden

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I have an Old Town wooden canoe with the serial number 165389 18. Can someone help me find the original build record? Thank you.
 
Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 165389 is an 18 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Guide model with a keel. It was built between July and September, 1956. The original exterior paint color was G. S. (Guide's Special) green. It shipped on April 10th, 1957 to Lincolnton, North Carolina. A scan of this build record is shown 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 https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or 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



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Here's a picture. I'm preparing to sell it. The wood is in good shape. Canvas is deteriorating.
 

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