Stephen Vorpagel
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Looking for information on an Old Town 16 footer, a closed gunnel with serial # 7811
Thank-you,
Steve
Thank-you,
Steve
7811-16 ot
- Thread starter Stephen Vorpagel
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 7811 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, HW (heavy water) model with red western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, spruce decks, spruce thwarts, spruce seats, spruce finish (outside) rails, a keel, and two spruce paddles. It was built between November, 1907 and June, 1908. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on July 14th, 1908 to Sebago Lake, Maine. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will 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 renew.
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
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/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will 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 renew.
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
