Serial no. of my canoe

[marcrex]

92945 17 are the number's located on the stem of my canoe. I can see that its a 17 foot canoe But what do the rest of the numbers indicate?

 

[Benson Gray]

The 92945 is probably a serial number from the Old Town Canoe Company. Their canoe with this number is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and outside stems. It was built between November, 1926 and May, 1927. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on May 18th, 1927 to Long Island City, New York. 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 more 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 possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description don't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[marcrex]

That is what it seems to be.

92945 17 are the number's located on the stem of my canoe. I can see that its a 17 foot canoe But what do the rest of the numbers indicate?

I would like to sell this. How do I do that?

 

[Benson Gray]

I would like to sell this. How do I do that?

The WCHA classifieds are at http://wcha.org/pp-classifieds/classifieds and the information at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57 may also be helpful. Good luck,

Benson