18' Old Town canoe serial #137696
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 137696 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, guide model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between June and November, 1943. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on November 13th, 1943 to Vermillion, Ohio. It may have moved to Cleveland, Ohio by September 4th, 1979 when the back side indicates that there was a previous request for a copy of this information. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below.
These scans 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/ot_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-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The information at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may help if some of the digits are hard to read. The specifications page at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/specific.gif has some more information about the materials used. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
These scans 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/ot_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-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The information at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may help if some of the digits are hard to read. The specifications page at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/specific.gif has some more information about the materials used. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 137969 is an 18 foot long, GS (guide special or utility) grade Guide model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash seats, ash thwarts, and a keel. It was built between July and September, 1943. The original exterior paint color was G. S. (Guide's special) green. It shipped to Duluth, Minnesota on October 26th, 1943. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the thumbnail image attached below.
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
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
