Old Town Canoe serial number
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Well Henry,
It looks like you have an oldie here! Yours is a 16' AA Grade (top grade) CR Model (Charles River) with Mahogany decks, thwarts and seat frames; and spruce inwales and rail caps. It was built in 1908, painted dark green and shipped to Lake Placid, NY. The price in 1908 was $38.00!
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
It looks like you have an oldie here! Yours is a 16' AA Grade (top grade) CR Model (Charles River) with Mahogany decks, thwarts and seat frames; and spruce inwales and rail caps. It was built in 1908, painted dark green and shipped to Lake Placid, NY. The price in 1908 was $38.00!
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
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Thank you Dan - this is excellent!
The canoe has been in our family for about 100 years apparently after it was purchased from the former Whiteface Inn together with an old guide boat in about 1915. It has been used every summer including this summer and is in very good shape. It was re-canvased about 17 years ago and is the original dark green.
Thank you again for all of the information.
Regards,
Hank
The canoe has been in our family for about 100 years apparently after it was purchased from the former Whiteface Inn together with an old guide boat in about 1915. It has been used every summer including this summer and is in very good shape. It was re-canvased about 17 years ago and is the original dark green.
Thank you again for all of the information.
Regards,
Hank
