Old Towne 20 foot Canoe 92109 20

[markmorgen]

Looking for any information on this Old Towne. I just bought it and want to restore it. It's in pretty good shape, a few cracked ribs, needs gunnels. Not much more.

Mark Morgen
mark@stcroixcanoes.com

 

[Greg Nolan]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 92109 is shown as 20 feet long, Guide Special grade, a Guide model with western red cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, oak decks, seats, and thwarts, and equipped with a keel.. The canoe was built between August 1926 and March 1927. The original exterior paint was dead grass green. It was shipped to Evansville, Indiana on May 10, 1927. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail images 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/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

 

[markmorgen]

Thanks Greg. Maybe you can help me with another Old Town. This one is serial number 92664. It is in very bad shape and I am not sure it can be salvaged. It's out of shape because it was stored on the ground sideways. Lots of cracked ribs and planking. Also the stems are rotten.

 

[Benson Gray]

Greg seems to be busy at the moment so I will jump in. The Old Town canoe with serial number 92664 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, HW (heavy water) model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel. It was built between November, 1926 and April, 1927. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April 23rd, 1927 to Duluth, Minnesota. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

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

 

[markmorgen]

Thanks very much Benson. You guys are amazing.