Old Town 137240-16

[Bill Herring]

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide on this classic OTCA that we think may be from the WWII era (used iron instead of brass)!

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 137240 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between March and November, 1943. The original exterior paint color was light Yale blue. It shipped on June 3rd, 1944 to Toledo, Ohio. A scan of this build record can be found 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/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 https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or 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

 

[Bill Herring]

Thanks! Amazing to have information on this boat made the year my mother was born!