Looking for Info on Great Grandfather's canoe

MK Fuller

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Old Town Restored in 2002 by Aunt who has passed...Could use help with searching details of exact age...
serial # 64124-17
Still here in NH after all these years.. Thanks, Kathy
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 64124 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Charles River model (that was shipped as an HW (Heavy Water)model) with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between December, 1920 and June, 1921. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was shipped on July 9th, 1921 to Holderness, New Hampshire. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. 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.

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
 

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