Old Town S/N 162319 16

[jchrisfrank]

Hello!
I am interested in finding out about the Old Town Canoe that my father bought used way back in the 1960's. The Serial number is 162319 16. I would love to learn when it was built and where it was first shipped to.
Thanks in advance,
Chris

 

[smallboatshop]

Hi Chris,

Your canoe is a 16' CS (Common Sense or middle) Grade OTCA Model. It was painted dark green and shipped to San Francisco in 1954.

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

 

[jchrisfrank]

Thanks Dan!
Knowing the history of the canoe that we have had in our family for almost fifty years is really cool.
Chris