Old town 35494-16

[Urban Boatbuilders]

Hello,

We were recently donated this canoe to our program and our youth are restoring it. We were wondering about it's history. Could you please post the build record for this canoe.

Thank You,
Brian Thorkildson
Urban Boatbuilders

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Old Town 35494 is a 16 foot AA grade (fancy mahogany) HW model with Western red cedar planking. Gunwales, decks, and thwarts are mahogany. The canoe was fitted with a keel and had a floor rack and a painter ring. It was painted dark green and shipped in 1915, but I can't make out the details of "to whom and where"... just looks like chicken scratches to me... and I can even sometimes make out the hand writing of doctors. Maybe someone else has a clearer scan.

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Kathy

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Addendum

Here's information from Old Town's 1915 catalog, describing the HW model and AA grade. Nice canoe.

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Addendum

And here are the attachments. Hope it works this time.