Warren Richardson
Curious about Wooden Canoes
I have serial number 109165. It is a 17 ft. Old Town purchased new by my mother in 1931 but I have never looked at the build records or other information that may be available about it.
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Hi Warren--
Very cool that you have a family canoe! (I'd love it, if I had my grandfather's old wooden rowboat).
Old Town 109165 is a 17 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade HW model canoe that was completed February-July of 1931. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, and oak decks, thwarts, and seat frames. Originally, it was painted design #16 (I'll look that up and post it later). The canoe was shipped to Watertown, NY, on July 18, 1931--- check the name on the record to see if it's familiar! 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
Kathy
Very cool that you have a family canoe! (I'd love it, if I had my grandfather's old wooden rowboat).
Old Town 109165 is a 17 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade HW model canoe that was completed February-July of 1931. It has red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, and oak decks, thwarts, and seat frames. Originally, it was painted design #16 (I'll look that up and post it later). The canoe was shipped to Watertown, NY, on July 18, 1931--- check the name on the record to see if it's familiar! 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
Kathy
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Do you remember this design? Still there?
Image is courtesy "The Complete Old Town Canoe Company Catalog Collection, 1901- 1993", available on CD from http://www.wcha.org/catalog/ and http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web.
Kathy
Image is courtesy "The Complete Old Town Canoe Company Catalog Collection, 1901- 1993", available on CD from http://www.wcha.org/catalog/ and http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web.
Kathy
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Warren Richardson
Curious about Wooden Canoes
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Thank you. What an amazingly fast response!
I do not remember the color design shown. My recollection is a burnt orange color so it must have been repainted before my early memories. I replaced the canvas cover in 1954 with fiberglass and now must pay for my sins as I try to remove it and put canvas back on. Thank you again for the quick response. WAR
Thank you. What an amazingly fast response!
I do not remember the color design shown. My recollection is a burnt orange color so it must have been repainted before my early memories. I replaced the canvas cover in 1954 with fiberglass and now must pay for my sins as I try to remove it and put canvas back on. Thank you again for the quick response. WAR
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
We love following restoration projects such as yours, so if you have a mind to-- post pictures and you'll have a cheering squad.
Bob Bassett
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thats a great paint design I hope you use it & keep us in the loop
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
"Fanny Dunker" has to be the most humorous boat-name I've seen...
