Welcome, the build record for the Old Town canoe with serial number 174329 tells a slightly different story. This shows a 16 foot long Otca model with half ribs, a keel, outside stems, narrow 2 3/4 inch planking, and a bang plate along the full length of the keel. It was built between November, 1964 and October, 1965. The original exterior paint color was red. It shipped on October 12th, 1965 to Dayton, Ohio. 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. 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 your canoe. See
https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/14815/ for the record of a sibling canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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