help to id and date an 18' chestnut canoe I picked up on bulk gabage day

[mouthocains]

I have an 18 ' , 36 " beam, 14-1/2 deep, ribs 3 " with 1/2 " spacing , all wood is good, no rot and nothing missing , nails appear to be copper ? Someone was throwing it in the landfill . Any help on age and model would be a great help, as I want to restore it,

 

[Dan Miller]

Sure looks like an Ogilvy "Dave" model - nice find!

 

[Rick L]

nothing like high quality trash to help elevate a neighborhood's image

very nice find and a good eye

 

[ebeeby]

After a find like that, did you buy a lottery ticket??

 

[greyghost]

You are one lucky bugger , let me know if you're going to put it out by the curb .

You've got an 18' Ogilvy , the older sticker suggests 50's vintage .

 

[mouthocains]

Thanks for the help everyone, I'll have to do some research on here now and put this baby back in top shape, I have been in many chestnut canoes over the years but never knew much about the model names etc ,sadly I just took them for granted while growing up on the miramichi . Please forgive me folks.

 

[MackyM]

Nothing to forgive. No one is born with knowledge and everyone on this forum is happy to share. Many times we learn in the sharing. You have a very nice canoe to start wwith. I am sure it will end up beautiful. Hope to paddle with you someday. Cheers

 

[WoodNCanvas]

Great find....and great you are going to restore....it is a nice looking Ogilvy....look forward to seeing more in future....maybe I should start checking out the local dump more....

 

[JClearwater]

I have to start going to a better class of dump. Nice score.

Jim

 

[techrtr]

OMG, someone was throwing that out? Mind you, I have a friend who found a Gibson accoustic guitar in a dumpster.

 

[Dan Lindberg]

Agreed, very nice canoe.

I also need to find a new/different dump.

I've even been known to actually paid $$ for canoes a lot worse than that one.

Dan