Old Town serial # 108600 17
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Hi John--
Old Town 108600 is a 17 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade HW model canoe, finished December 1930--> April 1931. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, thwarts, and seat frames, a keel, and a floor rack. Originally, it was painted dark green. It was shipped to Gardiner, Maine, on May 18, 1931.
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.
If you've looked around the forums, you know there are many here who will help with restoration questions. Glad you found us!
Kathy
Old Town 108600 is a 17 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade HW model canoe, finished December 1930--> April 1931. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, thwarts, and seat frames, a keel, and a floor rack. Originally, it was painted dark green. It was shipped to Gardiner, Maine, on May 18, 1931.
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.
If you've looked around the forums, you know there are many here who will help with restoration questions. Glad you found us!
Kathy
