The Old Town canoe with serial number 141450 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, light weight number ten canvas, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between January and August, 1945. The original exterior paint color was dark green with a lighter G. S. (Guide Special) green bottom. It was shipped on October 15th, 1945 as a custom order to Detroit, Michigan. The back side of the record shows that there was a previous request for a copy of this information on May 6th, 1981 from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links behind the thumbnail images attached below.
These scans 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 your canoe. Canoes with a family history are always especially nice. What else do you want to know? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
