OT 20' Canoe
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Old Town serial number 14042 was on a 17-foot canoe made in 1920, so that would not be the correct serial number. I also checked the Carleton build records because after 1910 the Carleton canoes were built in the Old Town factory and given similar serial numbers. But the Carleton with 14042 was a 17-foot canoe built in 1910.
Please take another look at the serial number. You might try taking a digital photo, especially with a slight angle or side lighting, and posting it to this forum. Sometimes we can figure out possibilities. If the canoe seems older than 1920, there may be another digit hiding. There should also be a slight separation, then two more digits indicating the length. As long as you're taking pictures, a view of the decks would also help.
Norm
Please take another look at the serial number. You might try taking a digital photo, especially with a slight angle or side lighting, and posting it to this forum. Sometimes we can figure out possibilities. If the canoe seems older than 1920, there may be another digit hiding. There should also be a slight separation, then two more digits indicating the length. As long as you're taking pictures, a view of the decks would also help.
Norm
I apologize, after looking at the canoe again, the number is 141042. Does this make more sense? Thanks a lot! Cole P.
Cole,
Yes, that works better. Old Town canoe #141042 was a 20-foot Guide model with open spruce gunwales, half ribs, and sponsons that was built in 1944-45 and shipped to Fort Kent, Maine, in 1945. Because it was a wartime canoe, it may have had different metals than prior canoes. Its original color was guide special green.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
If you are selling your canoe and plan to use this build record information as part of an ad, please consider giving the WCHA credit for this information on eBay or craigslist or wherever your canoe is listed.
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.
Norm
Yes, that works better. Old Town canoe #141042 was a 20-foot Guide model with open spruce gunwales, half ribs, and sponsons that was built in 1944-45 and shipped to Fort Kent, Maine, in 1945. Because it was a wartime canoe, it may have had different metals than prior canoes. Its original color was guide special green.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
If you are selling your canoe and plan to use this build record information as part of an ad, please consider giving the WCHA credit for this information on eBay or craigslist or wherever your canoe is listed.
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.
Norm
