oliverbutler
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Kennebec canoe 17ft with sponsons and with the numbers 17 15019 on the stems. It has heart shaped decks and copper bow strip. Is there any information on this canoe?
Thanks!
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Kennebec canoe 17' ser. #17 15019
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The Kennebec canoe with number 15019 is a 17 foot long sponson model type a as shown on page 251 of volume two in the Kennebec ledgers. It was planked by Cameron on December 18th, 1920. The canvas covering and first filler coat were applied by Roy on the same day. The sponsons were made by Grant on December 24th, 1920 with number 5206. Thibodeau applied the second filler coat on January 7th, 1922. It was railed by A. Toulouse on January 14th, 1922. The original color was green. It shipped to New England Boat Works in Cos Cob (Greenwich), Conn. on January, 31st, 1922.
The scans of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These original Kennebec records are reproduced through the courtesy of the Maine State Museum.
The microfilms and scans of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA). I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The scans of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These original Kennebec records are reproduced through the courtesy of the Maine State Museum.
The microfilms and scans of these records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA). I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
