Old Town 20'

MrMetal

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I recently donated a 20' Old Town canoe, serial number 148713, for a permanent display and would like to add the build sheet info on the plaque. If someone could post an image of the build sheet that would be great.
 
Old Town 148713 is a 20 foot CS (common sense or middle) grade guide model canoe that was completed May and June of 1947. It has open spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts and seat frames, half-ribs, a keel, sponsons and was painted guide special green. It was shipped to Scotia, NY, on August 13, 1947. Reverse of the build card shows an inquiry about the canoe was made in 1972.

Image of the scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image.

This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 athttp://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. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.


More information on the Old Town Company can be found in Sue Audette's book, Old Town, Our First Hundred Years, which is available through the WCHA store and most booksellers, eBay, Amazon, and public libraries.

Kathy
 

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