Old town S/N?

[Ldickinson]

Hi,

We have an Old Town with serial number 70976. We were told it was from the 1920's. any more information we can get on it?

Thanks.
Linda

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 70976 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between March and June, 1922. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was shipped on July 5th, 1922 to Scranton, Penna. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

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 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 don't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson