Old town serial number

paul s

Enthusiastic about Wooden Canoes
Could someone please give me details on old town 141417-17? Appears to be a 17' orca.
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 141417 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with open ash gunwales, ash decks, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between January and July, 1945. The original exterior paint color was dark green with G. S. (Guide's Special) green on the bottom. It shipped on August 6th, 1945 to Portland, Maine. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the thumbnail image attached below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php 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
 

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