guardian89rx
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Can anyone help with the build record of this boat? Thanks.
Old Town 139814 17
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Greg Nolan
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 139814 is a 17 feet long, AA (top or premium) grade HW (heavy water) model with western red cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, ash decks, thwarts, and seats, equiped with a floor rack and a keel. The canoe was built between April and June 1944. The original exterior paint was maroon. It was shipped to Newark New Jersey on July 1, 1944. AA grade canoes typically had mahogany decks, thwarts, and seats -- wartime shortage of material is likely the reason for ash rather than mahogany on this canoe
A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail images attached below.
This scan 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/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 your canoe.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail images attached below.
This scan 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/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 your canoe.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
guardian89rx
New Member
Hello Greg,
Thanks so much for researching this one.
I purchased the boat online recently and have yet to go and collect it but the photographs compare well to
the build record you found.
The floor rack is missing but some of the fasteners are still in place.
Garry Simard
Wawa, Ontario
Thanks so much for researching this one.
I purchased the boat online recently and have yet to go and collect it but the photographs compare well to
the build record you found.
The floor rack is missing but some of the fasteners are still in place.
Garry Simard
Wawa, Ontario
