Request for information on serial # 79160

[stevenbrusie]

Hello
I just purchased a 17 foot Old Town canoe serial number 79160.
I'd appreciate any information you could give me about its background.
Thank you very much,
Steven

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 79160 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, HW (heavy water) model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between 1923 and 1925. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on January 16th, 1925 to Manchester, New Hampshire. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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.

Benson