woodenkayakguy
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can someone give me any info on the canoe # 16644. A friend of mine is rebuilding it right now and I told him I would try and find out about for him
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Kathryn Klos
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 16644 is a 16 foot CS (common sense or middle) grade HW model canoe that was finished January-July of 1911. It has closed spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts, and seat frames, a keel, and sponsons. It was fitted with an additional thwart, in the middle. Originally painted dark green and shipped to Minneapolis, MN, on July 20, 1911.
Please match the details of this canoe to what you are seeing... many old canoes have five digit serial numbers. There should be a "16" as part of the serial number. The sponsons may have been lost over the years, but Old Town sponson canoes have carry thwarts at each end, and you may be able to see where the sponsons were attached at the sides with screws. Gunwales should be closed. Does a canoe shipped to Minneapolis seem to fit what you know about the canoe?
If these details don't match the canoe, please post pictures so we can figure out what else it might be.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
Kathy
Please match the details of this canoe to what you are seeing... many old canoes have five digit serial numbers. There should be a "16" as part of the serial number. The sponsons may have been lost over the years, but Old Town sponson canoes have carry thwarts at each end, and you may be able to see where the sponsons were attached at the sides with screws. Gunwales should be closed. Does a canoe shipped to Minneapolis seem to fit what you know about the canoe?
If these details don't match the canoe, please post pictures so we can figure out what else it might be.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
Kathy
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woodenkayakguy
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Thanks for the reply Kathryn,but I think i'm going to have to double check the serial number.It is a 16 ft boat with carry thwarts,will try and get some pics and measurements
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woodenkayakguy
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Just talk to my friend and he figures it's a chestnut(he thinks all woodcanvas are chestnuts even peterboroughs but thats another discussion LOL)check dragonflys sight and no serial numbers for chestnuts
davelanthier
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
Since you are in Alta.
Looks like a Chestnut number to me.
Looks like a Chestnut number to me.
