Old Town Canoe #103507 17
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 103507 is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open gunwales, twenty inch decks, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between November, 1929 and March, 1930. The original exterior paint was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design22.gif which was known as the design number 22. "Miss Ogynist" was painted on the right and left bow. It shipped to New Rochelle, New York. A scan showing 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 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please post a picture if it still has the original design on the canvas. You may also want to verify the digits in your serial number and the actual length of the canoe. The 17 at the end of the number you requested indicates that you should have a 17 foot long canoe and this is not what is shown on this build record. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
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 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please post a picture if it still has the original design on the canvas. You may also want to verify the digits in your serial number and the actual length of the canoe. The 17 at the end of the number you requested indicates that you should have a 17 foot long canoe and this is not what is shown on this build record. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
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Dave Osborn
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Miss Ogynist is an interesting name. The definition for misogynist is "one that hates women".....
Don't think anybody would get away with that title on a watercraft these days!
Don't think anybody would get away with that title on a watercraft these days!
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pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
Wonder if, back in 1930, the wored may have some diferent, perhaps colloquial, meaning? Hard to imagine what it may have been, though...
There is a long history of "Misses" on the St. Lawrence: Miss Chief, Miss Behave, Miss Conduct, Miss Begotten, Miss Take, and on an on...
Nothing to say a woman-hater wouldn't own a boat... and I've seen worse names floating past the house here...
Nothing to say a woman-hater wouldn't own a boat... and I've seen worse names floating past the house here...
This seems more likely. The Old Town canoe with serial number 103607 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between November, 1929 and May, 1930. The original exterior paint was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design10.gif which was known as the design number 10. It shipped on May 22nd, 1930 to Peconic, Long Island, New York. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below. The rest of the standard information is in my previous message.
Benson
Benson
