1923 OTCA - Serial Number 76483

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Hello,

I had gotten by build record from Old Town back in the lat 90s, and was looking for it recently since it will turn 100 this year!, but no luck. (a few rough edges but still going strong!) Can anyone help me out?

thank you!
Charlie

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Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 76483 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, twenty inch mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, half ribs, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between February and March, 1923. The original exterior paint color was orange with a three inch black stripe along the gunwales. It shipped on April 4th, 1923 to St. Louis, Missouri. 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 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 the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson



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