Identification help

[Kyle Henderson]

I just picked up this canoe for cheap as a quarantine project and would love some help identifying it. Previous owner didn’t know much about it other than it was his late father’s. Paint on the canvas is chipped in a few places, but ribs and planking all look good. No clear rot anywhere. Cleary missing a thwart or two though.
Not really concerned about resale. I’ve just always wanted one and they’re tough to come by in AZ.
I’m thinking it’s a Chestnut based on deck shape. It’s 16’ long, 32” wide. Serial number stamped on the stem is 1426 3048. Any help would be much appreciated.

After a lot of searching, it appears I may have myself a Peterborough Floatwell. Although I’m not finding a bunch of information about them, I’m happy to find a bit more info on it.

apologies on the garage pics. It’s 192 degrees in AZ right now.

 

[Benson Gray]

I agree that it is probably a Peterborough Floatwell model with the sponsons removed. See https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/8656/ and https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/792/ for two similar canoes. Are there any extra screw holes on the ribs along the sides?

Benson

 

[Kyle Henderson]

Yep. Looks like those were for sponsons that were attached below the outwales. Not finding much about production years. Seems as though records weren’t kept overly well, so I may be out of luck nailing down its age, but it’s a good looking canoe and I’m excited to start the restoration.