Help with dating my canoe

[Jamie Fagan]

Thank you for taking the time to help date my canoe. First attempt wouldn't let me post pictures since this is my first post. My canoe is 100813 17

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 100813 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Ideal model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, half ribs, and a keel. It was built between February and August, 1929. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was shipped on July 1st, 1930 to Buffalo, New York. The back side of the record indicates that it had moved to Rochester by September of 1975 when there was a previous request for a copy of this information. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found below.

These scans 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/catalogs/old-town/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-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[Jamie Fagan]

Thank you. Gordon is my father-in-law who restored the canoe and is now in my possession.