Old Town

The Old Town canoe with the serial number 181931 is a 17 foot long Otca model with a keel that was built in November, 1968 and December, 1971. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April 13th, 1972 to Woodruff, Wisconsin. The back side shows that the warranty card was returned from Decatur, Illinois on April 2nd, 1974. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below.

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These scans 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 join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership 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.

Benson
 
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