requesting info on an old town

[puzzlemountainlodge]

This canoe has been in my family scince it was new,(i believe) but I would like to know more about it. Its serial number is 133189.

Thanks
Dan

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 133189 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, HW (heavy water) model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. It was built between August, 1941 and January, 1942. The original exterior paint color was similar to the image at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design37.gif which was known as design number 37. It was shipped on February 18th, 1942 to Boston, Mass. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the thumbnail image attached 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.

Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Old family canoes are special,

Benson