pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
Old Town 37650, we think. 18 feet, with sailing rig. has been in a barn for a long time. It's looking for a new home. Any info on the build record?
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pklonowski
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My guess is that you may have the Old Town canoe with serial number 37080. This is an 18 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Charles River model with red Western planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between March and April, 1915. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on May 8th, 1915 to Minneapolis, Minnesota. A scan showing this build record can be found 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/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Page 13 of the 1915 catalog at https://www.woodencanoe.org/_files/ugd/537308_25470a3cd6c0401c81a25ef26202555c.pdf has more details. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck,
Benson
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/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Page 13 of the 1915 catalog at https://www.woodencanoe.org/_files/ugd/537308_25470a3cd6c0401c81a25ef26202555c.pdf has more details. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck,
Benson
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pklonowski
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Thank you, Todd and Benson!
That sounds like the right boat, and the Minneapolis destination fits with its location. The mast step and support were a home-made job, added later; the mast and spars may have been homemade as well, but resemble OT's parts quite well, per another attendee at the show. I didn't see any red paint under the blue, so it probably was re-canvassed along its way, though not recently.
The sons of the recently deceased owner brought the canoe to the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum's season opening boat show event this weekend, hoping to not bring it back to the Twin Cities with them. They remember playing in and with it when they were kids. They had some interest expressed, but no real nibbles on taking it away. It's been donated to the Museum, and will be restored by staff and volunteers there, eventually.
That sounds like the right boat, and the Minneapolis destination fits with its location. The mast step and support were a home-made job, added later; the mast and spars may have been homemade as well, but resemble OT's parts quite well, per another attendee at the show. I didn't see any red paint under the blue, so it probably was re-canvassed along its way, though not recently.
The sons of the recently deceased owner brought the canoe to the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum's season opening boat show event this weekend, hoping to not bring it back to the Twin Cities with them. They remember playing in and with it when they were kids. They had some interest expressed, but no real nibbles on taking it away. It's been donated to the Museum, and will be restored by staff and volunteers there, eventually.
