Hi Jeff--
I do seem to remember this canoe's record... it has a distinctive and cool color design.
Old Town 77955 is a 16 foot AA grade (mahogany trimmed) Charles River model with open mahogany gunwales-- and (naturally) mahogany decks/seats/thwarts. It was painted yellow with an ebony border stripe and a 1/2" orange stripe with turned down ends... so, there's a wide ebony stripe edged in orange that follows the gunwales and swoops around the curve of the stems... a very "Charles River-ish" design.
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If what you really want is a Morris, will you be happy with this canoe? Once you know how to recognize the canoe species of your dreams, it can magically enter your life. Ask Dan Lindberg.
One of our Morris canoes spent most of its life in Alaska... so they aren't necessarily all in the East. And you know when you've become.... uhhh... whatever it is that happens to the brain... when you'll cross many states for a canoe that you never saw except in a picture.
There will be canoes for sale at the Assembly in July... probably several of the Morris persuasion.
But this does sound like a very nice Old Town. The Charles River is a pretty canoe... and it would be spectacular in its original colors, IMHO.
Kathy