Old Town Canoe

[Colo Outdoors]

Hello,
I have a 15ft Old Town Canoe with serial number 173627 - 15. Can someone tell me what year this was built and any other information contained in this serial number?
Thank you,
Chris

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 173627 is a 15 foot long fifty pound model with a keel. It was built between January and March, 1964. The original exterior paint was Dupont white enamel with a design similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design04.gif which was known as their design number four. It shipped on March 31st, 1964 to Newington, Connecticut. A scan showing this build record can be found below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more 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/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer this description doesn't match. Please attach a picture if the original design is still showing. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Benson