Family Canoe from 1911?

[tomrollman]

We have an old town canoe in our family that I thought my dad purchased new in the late 60s. I found the serial number on it today which is 17562 and when I did an AI search on it, it said that it was built in 1911? Can anyone verify this thank you very much

 

[Michael Grace]

Your canoe is much newer. The serial number is actually six digits: 175624, which places it at around 1965. Its featured are consistent with this timeframe. These features include the deck cutout shape and the type of builder's label. It looks like a very nice canoe except that it likely once had some rot in the tips which was cut out and that little triangle of wood capped on at each end.

 

[tomrollman]

Thank you! I left one digit off when doing the serial number search lol. It looks like it was built in about 1966 which alliance was what my dad always told me. He had it restored probably 30 or 40 years ago now it’s actually still in really good shape.