chris pearson
Michigan Canoe Nut
Old Town, thanks in advance!!!!
147884 18
- Thread starter chris pearson
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 147884 is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with Eastern white Maine cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between March and May, 1947. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 21st, 1947 to Pentwater, Michigan. 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Page five of the 1947 catalog at https://www.woodencanoe.org/_files/ugd/537308_a7896c21acfc4a57919d047b08f1c510.pdf has more details. 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 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Page five of the 1947 catalog at https://www.woodencanoe.org/_files/ugd/537308_a7896c21acfc4a57919d047b08f1c510.pdf has more details. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
