OP
OP
I don't. If you don't mind, can you send me the length, grade, identification markings, and any other notable features about it?
Thanks,
Dan
Indian Girl Serial Number Research
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Dan
MGC
Scrapmaker
It occurs to me now, re-reading this thread, that I may have accumulated a few WW serial numbers that I should probably organize and pass along. It also occurs to me that I don't have a clue what the SN is on my WW, or if it even has one and with it snowed into a garage in Hannawa, no way to find out any time soon. I'm putting this on my list of things to do.Great work piecing this together, Dan. The serial number research is fascinating. The gaps in production and the transition periods are intriguing. Keep us posted as you uncover more details.
patrick corry
solo canoeist
Please excuse the thread drift. Please move accordingly if appropriate.
I presume by WW you mean Whistle Wing? Here's mine (unrestored).
Just for fun, note that the two boys in the second picture are the children of the little girl in the middle of the first picture! So, grandmother paddling stern in 1926 New Rochelle NY, mother, and uncle of the two boys in bow. The boys names were Arne and Gary. Arne's name was painted on the port bow, Gary's on the starboard; seen here in a remnant canvas piece:
I think the canoe was originally painted gray (seen surrounding the letters) with the aquamarine painted around it later. The aquamarine survives a bit on outwales, stem bands, and keel.
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MGC
Scrapmaker
Indeed.
SLBC WW.
JClearwater
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
Patrick,
What lake in Rockland County is the picture taken?
Jim
What lake in Rockland County is the picture taken?
Jim
patrick corry
solo canoeist
All the info I have for the first picture is, "Gary's uncle, and mother Helen, with grandmother Thea, New Rochelle, NY June 1926. For the second picture of Gary and Arne, "June 1950 Gary in bow Arne in stern, Wildwood Lake, NY". I've been trying to contact family through Facebook for more information about the canoe.
I acquired the canoe from a neighbor of the family in Wappingers Falls, NY who bought it when the mother passed away 25 years ago. That person had hoped to restore it but gave up after stripping the canvas. It sat for all that time, untouched until I bought it. The owner had purchased rib stock, planking, and spruce rails (full length 18') from Old Town, thinking the canoe was an Old Town. I used the rails as inwales for my Atkinson Traveler build.
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OP
I created a new thread specifically for St. Lawrence Boat Works and Whistle Wing canoes: https://forums.wcha.org/threads/st-lawrence-boat-works-whistle-wing-canoes-research.19990/
I tried to move the WW posts above to the new thread, but it ended badly (i.e. inserted above the main post of the thread). Oh well- it's what you get for having a non-ai forum moderator.
I tried to move the WW posts above to the new thread, but it ended badly (i.e. inserted above the main post of the thread). Oh well- it's what you get for having a non-ai forum moderator.
MGC
Scrapmaker
Not sure if anyone has collected Whistle Wing numbers? I believe have a list somewhere. My recollection is that some of them do not have anything marked on the stems.
I finally got around to taking a look at the one I have here in Hannawa. It does not have anything stamped on either stem. I have not stripped the lovely grey paint that this beauty is tricked out in so it is possible there are numbers under there, but I doubt it.
I finally got around to taking a look at the one I have here in Hannawa. It does not have anything stamped on either stem. I have not stripped the lovely grey paint that this beauty is tricked out in so it is possible there are numbers under there, but I doubt it.
OP
OP
MGC
Scrapmaker
I believe I have 6 or 7 canoes listed on an index card at home.....silly but true. Only a few have numbers.
Jeremy Sturgeon
New Member
Dan,
I am new to this forum. Thank you for collecting all this wonderful information.
We are having my father's Rushton 16' Indian Girl canoe restored. My grandparents bought it used in Sept of 1929 near the rock river in Illinois and it has been in our family since. The serial number is 3412, which we discovered during the restoration. There is a stamp that says, although it is faint on the top and bottom from wear, US TRADE INDIAN GIRL MARK REGISTERED. It is located on top one of the cross bars. It has the long deck option and sailing set up. My dad sailed it back when he was a kid in the early to mid 50s on Cass Lake here in Michigan. He finished sailing it one day, and my grandmother told him to put it away. He did not, and the wind came, and flipped it causing the gunwale and a few ribs to get damaged. It then sat in my grandparents garage until the early 90s when my dad brought it to our house, to which then it sat till this spring. We are very excited as it's restoration is near completion. We would like to know what year it was manufactured...any thoughts?
Thank you again.
Jeremy Sturgeon
I am new to this forum. Thank you for collecting all this wonderful information.
We are having my father's Rushton 16' Indian Girl canoe restored. My grandparents bought it used in Sept of 1929 near the rock river in Illinois and it has been in our family since. The serial number is 3412, which we discovered during the restoration. There is a stamp that says, although it is faint on the top and bottom from wear, US TRADE INDIAN GIRL MARK REGISTERED. It is located on top one of the cross bars. It has the long deck option and sailing set up. My dad sailed it back when he was a kid in the early to mid 50s on Cass Lake here in Michigan. He finished sailing it one day, and my grandmother told him to put it away. He did not, and the wind came, and flipped it causing the gunwale and a few ribs to get damaged. It then sat in my grandparents garage until the early 90s when my dad brought it to our house, to which then it sat till this spring. We are very excited as it's restoration is near completion. We would like to know what year it was manufactured...any thoughts?
Thank you again.
Jeremy Sturgeon
