17' old town

fudgesycle

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I rechecked canoe, correct serial number 68856 not 88856.I would appreciate any help with history and buildsheet, thank you
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 68856 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, 20 inch maple decks, maple thwarts, maple seats, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between January and February, 1922. The original exterior paint was blue. It shipped in early March(?), 1922 to Philadelphia, Penna. 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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson
 

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