16' Old Town Ser. # 131448 Can you find date made and anything else

[thomashaughey]

I just had the above canoe re-canvassed and would like to gather any facts/copies you can find about it.
Thank you.
Tom Haughey
Laconia, NH

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 131448 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between January and June, 1941. The original exterior paint color was fire red. It was shipped on June 25th, 1941 to West Alton, New Hampshire. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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 don't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[thomashaughey]

Thanks Benson

Thanks Benson. Tom Haughey
Laconia, NH[/QUOTE]