Chris Dyer
Curious about Wooden Canoes
I'm looking for information on two old town canoes; 181167 16 and 165349 18
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Chris
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Chris
2 Old Town #'s
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 181167 is a 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between July and August, 1968. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on August 15th, 1968 to Falls Village, Connecticut.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 165349 is an 18 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Guide model with a keel. It was built between July and September, 1956. The original exterior paint color was G. S. (Guide's Special) green. It shipped on June 28th, 1957 to Bolton Landing, New York.
Scans showing these build records can be found below. These scans 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 join.
It is possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions doesn't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town canoe with serial number 165349 is an 18 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Guide model with a keel. It was built between July and September, 1956. The original exterior paint color was G. S. (Guide's Special) green. It shipped on June 28th, 1957 to Bolton Landing, New York.
Scans showing these build records can be found below. These scans 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 join.
It is possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions doesn't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
Chris Dyer
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thank you. Much appreciated
