Old Town info

[KateVT]

I just retrieved my deceased parents' Old Town canoe from a barn where it had been stored for at least 10 years. The serial number is (I think): 89669 16. There are also letters perpendicular to the number that read R.F V (? may be a K?) I P. They had the canoe restored at one point in the 1980s or 1990s and used to take it up to Maine to canoe on Sebago Lake. (They lived on Narragansett Bay in RI, but the canoe never touched the salt water, as far as I know.)
Thank you for any information you are able to provide!

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome and congratulations, the build record for the Old Town with serial number 89669 shows an 18 foot long canoe that shipped to Michigan so that doesn't seem like a good match. The ones for 39669 and 189669 aren't any better. The suggestions at the link below may help. Can you provide some pictures of the serial numbers and surrounding area from each end? What is the extreme length of the canoe in a straight line? Thanks,

Benson

Thread 'How do I find a serial number on an old wooden canoe or boat?'

Oct 2, 2005

Many old wooden canoes and boats have a serial number on both inside stems and a decal or tag with the manufacturer's logo on the bow deck. The number is usually stamped on the top of the lower part of the stems. The inside stems are the long curved pieces of wood that form the ends of the canoe. You want to look on the part that extends out from under the decks on the bottom of the floor inside the hull. The serial numbers are stamped in each end of the canoe so check both if a single digit is not clear. These numbers in the stern of boats are occasionally on the edge of the center...

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