Old Town 36593 is an AA (first) grade, 17 foot Otca model canoe finished from February to May of 1915. It has open mahogany gunwales and ash decks, thwarts, and seat frames, was fitted with a keel, outside stems and a floor rack. Original color was dark olive green. It was shipped to St. Albans, VT, on May 15, 1915. Old Town canoes generally have a space after the serial number and then have the length of the canoe but you might find this number is obscured by gunk that can be removed. The number should be on both stems. AA grade canoes usually have mahogany decks/thwarts/seats, so this is different or may have been written down wrong on the record. As you are in Vermont and the canoe seems right in other ways, this may be your canoe. Posting pictures would help too.
Image of 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 athttp://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
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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.
More information on the Old Town Company can be found in Sue Audette's book "Old Town, Our First Hundred Years", which is available through the WCHA store and most booksellers, eBay, Amazon, and public libraries.
Kathy
