Carleton or Old Town?
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The Carleton canoe with serial number 20144 is an 16 foot long, Indian Princess (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, 36 inch bow and 20 inch stern mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. It was built between February and April, 1931. The original exterior paint color was black with and an ivory border. It shipped on April 23rd, 1931 to Akron, Ohio. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link under 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. 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 http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. The Old Town canoe with this serial number was 17 feet long and much less fancy so that isn't a good match. Please post some pictures if the original design is still showing. 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. 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 http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. The Old Town canoe with this serial number was 17 feet long and much less fancy so that isn't a good match. Please post some pictures if the original design is still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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Dave Osborn
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Benson,
What are "Morris ends"?
Dave
What are "Morris ends"?
Dave
I don't know since this is the first time that I ever recall seeing a notation like that. My guess is that it was either an extended Morris style stem curve or one of his stripe designs as shown below from the 1919 Morris catalog. It would be great to see some pictures of this canoe to help confirm this guess. The "special s----- #2" note is also a mystery. It might be special scroll #2.
Benson
