please: I need help identifiying my canoe

[Karl B.]

updated 04-23: please, I need help identifiying my canoe

I just traded for this canoe

cedar ribs/slats
fur or spruce decks
oak gunwales
17 feet long 36" wide 11" deep
19.5" at the bow
ribs are 2.25" wide with a 1.25" spacing

looks like it was reworked on top with new pine decks in the 50's or 40's
backed with 1/4" plywood

photos to be added

serial # on both ends are
26073 17

any help is needed,
thank you
Karl

 

[Ric Altfather]

Karl,

Welcome to the WCHA!

I have checked the SN you have provided and it shows as a 15' "HW" that was shipped to Canada.

If I place a number 1 in front of what you provided, then I come up with a 17' HW (heavy water) in CS (common sense) grade. It was shipped to Washington D.C. on May 10, 1940 with spruce gunwales, birch decks, seats and thwarts. It also was built with a keel and the original color was bright red. A build record is attached. Please double check to see if you can find the "1" or it could possibly be another number. Pictures and dimensions can also help.

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All the Best,

Ric Altfather