just found St. Louis Boat and Canoe Company canoe
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Walter Hauck
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Congratulations on your find! Love to see more pictures of the decal and the stem number.
According to our research here in St. Louis, 1945 seems about right. St. Louis Boat and Canoe was selling to an Army base in that area during the war. Can you send more photos? Does it have outside stems?
Wally Hauck
According to our research here in St. Louis, 1945 seems about right. St. Louis Boat and Canoe was selling to an Army base in that area during the war. Can you send more photos? Does it have outside stems?
Wally Hauck
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sam.p
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yes outside stems. I am currently on canoe trip on ocmulgee river. Will send pics when I get home. Tomorrow. Decal in very good shape. Interesting how it ended up In south georgia.
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sam.p
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Pleased to meet you Wally.
Forgot to take photo of stem brass. Have keel ,gunwales, stems. Gunwales a little rough. Serial number at bow and stern.
Any input, advice, or company history will be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Sam
Forgot to take photo of stem brass. Have keel ,gunwales, stems. Gunwales a little rough. Serial number at bow and stern.
Any input, advice, or company history will be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Sam
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Kathryn Klos
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There is a long article on this company in back issues of Wooden Canoe-- Wally Hauck is one of the experts on this canoe. A very interesting history.
Wooden Canoe back issues are available from the WCHA Store:
St. Louis Boat & Canoe Company
issue number 146:6-13
serial numbers of: issue number 144:7
Wooden Canoe back issues are available from the WCHA Store:
St. Louis Boat & Canoe Company
issue number 146:6-13
serial numbers of: issue number 144:7
Additional information about the company history is available at http://forums.wcha.org/knowledgebase/Manufacturers:St+Louis+Meramec+Canoe+Company and chapter 8 on pages 57 to 60 in Sue Audette's book about the Old Town Canoe Company describes Alfred Wickett's departure from the Old Town Canoe Company and eventual founding of the St. Louis Boat and Canoe Company with his son Laurence (a.k.a. "Chummy"). This book is available from http://store.wcha.org/The-Old-Town-Canoe-Company.html and other sources.
Benson
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Walter Hauck
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Thanks for the photos. Looks like it is in great shape. I was glad to see the 2277 number on the stem because the first number you listed (2207) came up as a 12 ft. AutoCarry.The 2277 number on our boards says 16 ft. OS. That's the only reference to that number that we have. Numbers were simply written on boards we found lying around the old shop before the bldg. was torn down. As to why it's in southern Georgia, I don't know. WE have some records that show they were selling canoes to the Marines during 1944. I'll attach an invoice to a South Carolina company that was selling them to the Marines in North Carolina. That's as close as I can get. The invoices we have end in 1944 and we know of 9 canoes shipped to N. Carolina. The rest of the records are written on planking and gives the length, and if it a canoe, hunter or auto carry, and if it had outside stems, 1/2 ribs or sponsons.
I've never seen a catalog for St. Louis Boat and Canoe, but they were shipping canoes to Detroit, Kansas City, Akron, OH and other midwest cities. Let me know if I can help with any other information.
Wally
I've never seen a catalog for St. Louis Boat and Canoe, but they were shipping canoes to Detroit, Kansas City, Akron, OH and other midwest cities. Let me know if I can help with any other information.
Wally
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Yes, more photos please.
The Google.com street view at https://www.google.com/maps/@38.551...m4!1e1!3m2!1spZR3Hu-QWBG6M_tEDmfLRA!2e0?hl=en doesn't show much more with the factory gone now.
Benson
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sam.p
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Nice location only about 1/4 mile from Meramec River. Likely proving ground for the canoes and also wasn't one of their models "the Meramec"
also found this on Library of Congress site
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/...p=PHRASE&va=exact&co =hh&st=gallery&sg = true
sam
also found this on Library of Congress site
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/...p=PHRASE&va=exact&co =hh&st=gallery&sg = true
sam
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Yes, as shown below when it was called the St. Louis Meramec Canoe Company from http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/meramec/catalog.jpg in their 1927 catalog. More information like this and several of their other catalogs are available from http://store.wcha.org/The-Historic-...pany-Catalog-Collection-Version-2-CD-ROM.html in the Historic Collection.
Benson
