Looking for info on No. 96107

[spencerpope]

Hey folks, was wondering if anyone had a high-res version of this document. Trying to figure out the exact model and other info. Thank you!

 

[Benson Gray]

Well, the build record is for a square stern model and the pictures show a canoe with two pointed ends so that isn't a good match. Can you provide some pictures of the numbers and surrounding areas from each end? It looks like an Old Town canoe from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s. The suggestions at the link below may help if the numbers are hard to read.

Benson

Thread 'How do I find a serial number on an old wooden canoe or boat?'

Oct 2, 2005

Many old wooden canoes and boats have a serial number on both inside stems and a decal or tag with the manufacturer's logo on the bow deck. The number is usually stamped on the top of the lower part of the stems. The inside stems are the long curved pieces of wood that form the ends of the canoe. You want to look on the part that extends out from under the decks on the bottom of the floor inside the hull. The serial numbers are stamped in each end of the canoe so check both if a single digit is not clear. These numbers in the stern of boats are occasionally on the edge of the center...

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[spencerpope]

Thanks Benson, that's exactly what I was suspecting.
I found the serial number- 108594 is what it looks like.

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 108594 is an 18 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, HW model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between December, 1930 and February, 1933. The original exterior paint color was dark green with a white hair line stripe. It shipped on March 9th, 1933 to Long Island City, New York. The paint cracked and peeled so it was returned and repaired from July to August, 1933. It shipped again to Springfield, Maine on August 15th, 1933. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found below.

These scans and several hundred thousand others 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/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 https://www.woodencanoe.org/pricing-plans/join to donate or renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson