The Old Town canoe with serial number 182934 is a 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between March and May, 1969. The original exterior paint color design was similar to the one shown at
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design46.gif which was know as the design number 46. It shipped on August 27th, 1973 to Wawarsing, New York.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 119696 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and floor rack. It was built between November, 1936 and February, 1937. The original exterior paint color design was Yale blue. It shipped on March 6th, 1937 to New York City.
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
http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to renew.
It is also possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions don't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Thanks,
Benson
