Welcome and congratulations, the Kennebec canoe with serial number 16425 shown on page 192 of volume three in the Kennebec ledgers was assigned to a 17 foot long Kenebec model type A. It was planked by Lantigne on July 15th, 1922. The canvas covering was applied by Tuttle on the same day. The first filler coat was applied by Grant on July 22nd, 1922. He applied the second filler coat on August 26th, 1922. It was railed by King on August 26th, 1922. The original color was medium green. It shipped on June 21st, 1923 to location code 23-518. This is probably an invoice number but there isn't any information currently available to further identify it.
The scans of these build records can be found 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). A description of the project to preserve records like these 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 if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson