Old Town 147758

DenisH

Curious about Wooden Canoes
Hello, Would you be kind enough to look up information about my Old Town Canoe?

147758

Regards,

Denis
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 147758 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with spruce planking, open spruce gunwales, and a keel. It was built between February and May, 1947. The original exterior paint color was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design04.gif which was known as design number four. It shipped on May 23rd, 1947 to Lowell, Mass. 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 others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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 possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please attach some pictures if the original paint design is still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson
 

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What a fantastic service you provide! Many thanks. Here is a picture of the canoe.
Best,
Denis
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