serial #140821 16

wbb

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I have a 16 Old Town canoe that I got out of a old lake house my father purchased in 1971. The inseide of the canoe is in great shape, but it is in desparate need of a new canvas. I would appreciate any info on the history of this canoe.

wbb
 
Hello--

Old Town 140821 is an AA (top) grade Yankee model canoe that was finished from September 1944 to January 1945. It has open ash gunwales. AA grade would have mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts and mahogany seat frames. The canoe was fitted with a keel and floor rack and was originally painted dark green. It was shipped to Kinderhook, NY, on April 20, 1945.

Re your ash gunwales-- spruce is more common and occasionally the gunwales are mahogany on AA grade canoes. This is a "war era canoe", which means some things commonly done on Old Towns may be somewhat different because of supply issues. Your canoe may have slat seats rather than cane seats--- or it could have had slat seats that were replaced with cane in the '50s.

If you use the 'search' function above and put in 'Yankee', you should find some interesting information in past discussions of this model.

Best of luck rehabbing your canoe-- sounds like a great find. If you have questions, please ask here in the forums, and remember that we love seeing pictures.

I'm unable to upload images at this time-- we are recovering from some down-time here in forums due to a hacker. If you email me at kathrynklos@gmail.com, I can send you the scan-- or you can wait until we're able to post images here.

Kathy
 
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 will join or renew your membership to 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 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.

Kathy
 

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