Old town canoe info wanted novice help please
- Thread starter Gindlingj
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Welcome, Jeff--
Old Town 132101 is an 18 foot guide special grade Guide model canoe that was completed between April 1941 and May 1942, with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seat frames, outside stems, a keel and bilge keels. Original color was guide special green. It was shipped to H.H. Petrie Sporting Goods of Madison, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1943.
A scan of this record is attached below. Click on it to get a full size image.
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. 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 http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Again, welcome!
Kathy
Old Town 132101 is an 18 foot guide special grade Guide model canoe that was completed between April 1941 and May 1942, with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seat frames, outside stems, a keel and bilge keels. Original color was guide special green. It was shipped to H.H. Petrie Sporting Goods of Madison, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1943.
A scan of this record is attached below. Click on it to get a full size image.
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. 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 http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Again, welcome!
Kathy
