The Old Town canoe with serial number 208511 and hull identification number XTC08511M75L is a 16 foot long Chipewyan model that weighed 65 pounds. It was built in June, 1975. The original exterior color was green. It shipped on July 15th, 1975 to Cheshire, Conn. The back side of this scan shows that the skin was scuffed and torn. Scans of both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images 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/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.
Benson