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Interested in some history on this Canoe and heard that this is the place to get it. 
143937 Old Town HW Canoe
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Greg Nolan
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You heard right --
The Old Town canoe with serial number 143937 is shown as 17 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, HW (heavy water) model with open spruce gunwales, and ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1946, receiving its second varnish on March 29, 1946. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It was shipped to Newark, New Jersey on April 3, 1946. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached 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 doesn't match your canoe.
Being built right after WWII, when some usual building materials may have still been in short supply, it is possible that your canoe may have some unusual fittings, such as steel hardware instead of the more usual brass, or slat seats instead of cane, for example. The build record did not usually reflect such substitutions when they occurred.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
The Old Town canoe with serial number 143937 is shown as 17 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, HW (heavy water) model with open spruce gunwales, and ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1946, receiving its second varnish on March 29, 1946. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It was shipped to Newark, New Jersey on April 3, 1946. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached 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 doesn't match your canoe.
Being built right after WWII, when some usual building materials may have still been in short supply, it is possible that your canoe may have some unusual fittings, such as steel hardware instead of the more usual brass, or slat seats instead of cane, for example. The build record did not usually reflect such substitutions when they occurred.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
