Identification Help
- Thread starter Maine Gal
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It is my sad duty to report that it will take more than a serial number alone to identify your canoe. There are no Old Town or Carleton records for serial number 3067. Kennebec used this number on a 16 foot canoe so that isn't a good match since you probably have a 20 foot canoe. Pictures showing the bow deck, seats, thwarts, and stem profile would be a good place to start. There have been hundreds of canoe builders in Maine and we don't have records for most of them. Sorry,
Benson
Benson
Dave Osborn
LIFE MEMBER
looks like a St. Louis Canoe. The arrowhead deck is the evidence.
Maybe Wally Hauck will chime in with a build date for 3067.
Maybe Wally Hauck will chime in with a build date for 3067.
Michael Grace
Lifetime Member
HI Maine Gal,
I think you might have a Penobscot Canoe Co. canoe, also known as a "Pecaco." Dave is on the right track with St. Louis - both Pecaco and St. Louis were companies started by Alfred Wickett after he left Old Town Canoe Co., and both of these companies made canoes with decks similar to yours - decks that capture the cut-off ends of the inwales. St. Louis canoes decks are said to be arrowhead-shaped, while Pecacos are said to be spear-shaped. The difference is in the angles where the decks and inwales meet. In the St. Louis, the angle of the cutout in the deck is acute, but it is an obtuse angle in the Pecaco (yours is the latter).
Pecaco deck is shown here:
St. Louis deck is shown here:
Assuming this is indeed a Pecaco, the company only existed from 1915 until 1923 when the factory burned, so that puts some pretty firm brackets on your canoe's age. They made a Guide model in 18' and 20' lengths - yours is a guide style with its low ends, and it looks like a long one.
I think you might have a Penobscot Canoe Co. canoe, also known as a "Pecaco." Dave is on the right track with St. Louis - both Pecaco and St. Louis were companies started by Alfred Wickett after he left Old Town Canoe Co., and both of these companies made canoes with decks similar to yours - decks that capture the cut-off ends of the inwales. St. Louis canoes decks are said to be arrowhead-shaped, while Pecacos are said to be spear-shaped. The difference is in the angles where the decks and inwales meet. In the St. Louis, the angle of the cutout in the deck is acute, but it is an obtuse angle in the Pecaco (yours is the latter).
Pecaco deck is shown here:
St. Louis deck is shown here:
Assuming this is indeed a Pecaco, the company only existed from 1915 until 1923 when the factory burned, so that puts some pretty firm brackets on your canoe's age. They made a Guide model in 18' and 20' lengths - yours is a guide style with its low ends, and it looks like a long one.
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Dave Osborn
LIFE MEMBER
Thanks for correcting me guys!
Dan Lindberg
Ex Wood Hoarder
I/we don't see many of these canoes here, or many be I just don't remember them but,
am I the only one who just noticed the very interesting "80%" ribs in this canoe? Both narrow and run well up the sides.
am I the only one who just noticed the very interesting "80%" ribs in this canoe? Both narrow and run well up the sides.
