Old Town Serial 27719

Carl T

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Wonder if someone could help with approx. date of manufacture of this canoe ? Thanks ! Old Town 27719
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 27719 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or standard) grade HW (heavy water) model with red western cedar planking, spruce gunwales and birch seats, decks and thwarts, and was equipped with a keel. It was built between July 1913 and March 1914. The original exterior paint color was dark green . It was shipped to Chicago, Illinois on August 25, 1914. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.

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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 will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.

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.

Greg Nolan
 
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