Old Town Serial #16945
- Thread starter Snowman
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Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 16945 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, H.W. (Heavy Water) model with red western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, and spruce outside finish rails. It was built between February and April 1911. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 1st, 1911 to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. 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 http://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 the canoe. The Carleton and Kennebec canoes with this serial number are 16 feet long from 1923 and 1922 respectively. Please share if you know the story behind why the Canadian Canoe Company purchased this Old Town Canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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 http://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 the canoe. The Carleton and Kennebec canoes with this serial number are 16 feet long from 1923 and 1922 respectively. Please share if you know the story behind why the Canadian Canoe Company purchased this Old Town Canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Kennebec canoe with serial number 16704 is an 18 foot long Kennebec model type a as shown on page 212 of volume three in the Kennebec ledgers. It was planked by F. Roy on October 7th, 1922. Tuttle applied the canvas covering on the same day. He applied the first filler coat on October 14th, 1922. Thibodeau applied the second filler coat on October 20th, 1922. The rails were installed by J. Webber. The rest of the line is blank so the original color and shipping location are not known. The scans of these build records can be found below. These original Kennebec records are reproduced through the courtesy of the Maine State Museum.
The microfilms and scans of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve other records like these is available at http://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 the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The microfilms and scans of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve other records like these is available at http://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 the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town canoe described in the build record above shipped with the standard Old Town style 'ogee' deck. The canoe in your picture appears to be a Carleton canoe with a heart shaped deck and curved bow carry handle. The Carleton canoe with serial number 16945 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense) grade, Carleton model with red Western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between June, 1922 and February, 1923. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 16th, 1912 to Sodus Point, New York. A scan showing 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 as you probably know well. 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 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 possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. The Kennebec canoe with serial number 16945 is 16 feet long from 1922 with a heart shaped deck to further confuse things. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Let me know if this doesn't answer your question,
Benson
