GREAT CANADIAN Canoe

[Sylvain]

Hello,


excuse my English because I 'm French...

I baught yesterday an old canoe.
I would like some information about its history: year of manufacture and if the veil was original

Thank you for your help

 

[Benson Gray]

The tag shows a hull identification number which can be interpreted with the instructions from http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm for more details. The GRV at the beginning indicates that it was made by G & R Industries in Auburn, Massachusetts (near Worcester). The page at http://uscgboating.org/content/manufacturers-identification-detail2.php?id=20616 has more information. The 88B on the end means that it was made in September, 1988. The current version of this company has a web site at http://www.greatcanadian.com/ which may be an avenue for more research. Good luck,

Benson

 

[Sylvain]

Thank you very much
I contacted the company via email and got an error because the box is full...

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