Old Town Serial Number 117288 16
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Greg Nolan
enthusiast
The Old Town canoe with serial number 117288 is shown as 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, Yankee model with western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales and oak decks, seats, and thwarts, and equipped with a keel. The canoe was built between February and May 1936. The original exterior paint was a custom ordered military blue, to match a provided sample. It was shipped to Camp Miramichee, Hardy, Arkansas, on May 26, 1936. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
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/catalogs/old-town/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-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 if this description doesn't match your canoe.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
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/catalogs/old-town/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-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 if this description doesn't match your canoe.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
monkitoucher
Canoe Curious
Kind of neat to do a little digging into the history.
https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/arkansas-hardy-y-w-c-a-camp-miramichee-canoeing-artvue/2249312
https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/arkansas-hardy-y-w-c-a-camp-miramichee-canoeing-artvue/2249312
Greg Nolan
enthusiast
Yes, some digging around can be fun -- digging shows that Camp Miramichee was a YWCA camp that was founded in 1916 and closed in 1989.
https://lydaphillips.com/2016/09/06/68/
A book on the camp with photos seems available at
http://www.blurb.com/b/7330944-the-girls-of-spring-river
https://lydaphillips.com/2016/09/06/68/
A book on the camp with photos seems available at
http://www.blurb.com/b/7330944-the-girls-of-spring-river
