Lew's Canoes
Canoe Builder
Please see what turns up for #77107-18 under OT, or possibly Carlton records. Owner thinks it may be from the 1920's, but not certain. Thanks, Lew
Build record, please - if available.
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 77107 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open oak gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, half ribs, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between March and May, 1923. The original exterior paint color was light green with a yellow border stripe. It was shipped on June 1st, 1923 to Los Angles, California. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached 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 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The highest Carleton build record is for serial number 20540. See the messages at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?5997 and http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?5991 for more references to this serial number. Can you supply some pictures of the numbers from each end if the canoe is really 18 feet long (or indicate which digit is the least clear)? Feel free to reply here if you have 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 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The highest Carleton build record is for serial number 20540. See the messages at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?5997 and http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?5991 for more references to this serial number. Can you supply some pictures of the numbers from each end if the canoe is really 18 feet long (or indicate which digit is the least clear)? Feel free to reply here if you have other questions.
Benson
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Lew's Canoes
Canoe Builder
Thanks, Benson. This is clearly not the right number. I have not actually seen the canoe yet - just a few vague pictures. Will advise when I get a chance to look more closely. The Owner says it is 18 feet, but the tape measure will say for sure.........Lew
