Old Town 166341-18

[Oldertown]

Hello, All!
Located an Old Town 18' canoe up in the Chaumont Bay, NY area about a month ago. It needs canvas, but ribs and keel are perfect. Each end (top) has some minor rot, though.
Serial # is: 166341 - 18

Can I get some info on the details like age and original color etc?

Thank you!

 

[MGC]

Hi,
Many of the folks that respond to these build sheet requests are on the road returning from the WCHA Annual Assembly at Paul Smiths. For the time being you can approximate the build date from the attached chart:

http://wcha.org/legacypages/ot_records/serial-n.jpg

Looks like it was built around 1956/57 ish.

 

[smallboatshop]

Here you go...

Your canoe is an 18' CS Grade (Common Sense or middle grade) OTCA Model with keel. It was completed in 1957, painted dark green and sold to Union Supply in Pittsburgh, PA.

The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.

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. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.

Dan

Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com

 

[Oldertown]

Here you go...

Your canoe is an 18' CS Grade (Common Sense or middle grade) OTCA Model with keel. It was completed in 1957, painted dark green and sold to Union Supply in Pittsburgh, PA.

The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.

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. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.

Dan

Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com

Thank you, Dan!!!