Peterborough Canoe - How old is it?

[longisland]

I got an old peterborough canoe today that looks like it's seen better days. When I tried finding the serial number online I found nothing. The serial number lists only go up to 18xx. The serial number on my canoe is 2450. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[longisland]

Here are some photos.

 

[longisland]

I found some more numbers on the bottom spine.

 

[Benson Gray]

I found some more numbers on the bottom spine.

My guess is that it was stamped 2450 16 with the last two digits as the length in feet. Is it a 16 foot long canoe? There were some Old Town canoes with serial numbers in the 2000 range that shipped to Peterborough that I mentioned at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?3170 but there is no Old Town record for number 2450. I don't know of any known serial number records for Peterborough canoes so no one is likely to be able to tell you exactly when yours was made. Sorry,

Benson

 

[Claude Delisle]

My two peterboroughs have a 4 digit model number after the serial number. Looking on the Dragonfly Page, there was a model 16 back in 1909. It's dimensions are listed as 11 1/4' x 12" x 11" deep. What does yours measure?