Carleton canoe 17 12073
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Hello Dale--
Carleton 12073 is a 17 foot CS (common sense or middle) grade Carleton model canoe that was completed February-May of 1916. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seat frames, a keel and outside stems. Originally it was painted Yale blue. It was shipped to Allentown, PA, on May 18, 1916. A copy of this scan is attached below-- click on it to get a larger picture.
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 will join or renew your membership to 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 join.
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.
Kathy
Carleton 12073 is a 17 foot CS (common sense or middle) grade Carleton model canoe that was completed February-May of 1916. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seat frames, a keel and outside stems. Originally it was painted Yale blue. It was shipped to Allentown, PA, on May 18, 1916. A copy of this scan is attached below-- click on it to get a larger picture.
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 will join or renew your membership to 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 join.
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.
Kathy
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Many thanks for the information. I have known this canoe for 50 years! Now it is mine and I hope to preserve it for at least another 50. I may need to refinish it but I believe it is basically sound. Will provide photos when I am able. Thanks again! Dale
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Interesting how often these old canoes don't stray too far from home-- I think they tend to be well-loved and even if they don't stay in the same family, they are kept in the same community because someone had their eye on the canoe! We'd love to see pictures.
Kathy
Kathy
