Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 125145. This is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, HW (Heavy Water) model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, half ribs, a keel, outside stems, two flag poles, a mast seat, and a mast step. It was built between June, 1938 and July, 1941. The original exterior paint color was dark green with a yellow hair line stripe. It shipped on April 26th, 1943 to Ypsilanti, Michigan. 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
https://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. The information at the link below has a good summary about how to value canoes like this and the classifieds at
https://www.woodencanoe.org/classifieds have some similar ones for comparison. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
How much is my old canoe worth? One of the most common questions that gets sent to the WCHA webmasters is "how much is my old canoe worth?" Tim Hewitt's responses over the years have included the following comments: Any wooden or wood/canvas canoe in usable condition is worth $1000 - $1500. A...
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