The Old Town canoe with serial number 130712 is an 18 foot long, CS (common sense or standard) grade Guide model with open spruce gunwales, ash seats, decks and thwarts, and was equipped with a keel. It was built in 1940. The original exterior paint color was dark green. In addition to the usual finish, it received a coat of Smith’s Sealer on December 20, 1940.. It was shipped to Mukwonago, Wisconsin on May 19, 1941. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
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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 Nolan