Dan in Vermont
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Looking for build records of 2 Old Town canoes:
137313 17
144635 16
Thank you! Dan
137313 17
144635 16
Thank you! Dan
Build record please
- Thread starter Dan in Vermont
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Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 137313 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Otca model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, and a keel. It was built between March and July, 1943. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on August 6th, 1943 to Lewiston, Maine.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 144635 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Yankee model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between March and June, 1946. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 24th, 1946 to Center Lovell, Maine.
Scans of these build records can be found below. These scans 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 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 also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if these descriptions don't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Thanks,
Benson
The Old Town canoe with serial number 144635 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Yankee model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between March and June, 1946. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 24th, 1946 to Center Lovell, Maine.
Scans of these build records can be found below. These scans 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 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 also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if these descriptions don't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Thanks,
Benson
Dan in Vermont
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thank you for this. A donation is on the way! Dan
Dan in Vermont
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Here’s a mystery. Supplying pics of canoe and serial number, only in the bow stem. Help!
