serial number search for 15’ wood old town

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Curious about Wooden Canoes
I would like to get as much info as possible on this serial number for Old Town Wood Canoe. Appears to be # 111187 15.
Thank you,
Derek J.
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 111187 is a 15 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, fifty pound model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel. It was built between January, 1932 and February, 1933. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on February 21st, 1933 to Syracuse, New York. It may have moved to Williamson, New York by September, 1974 when there was a previous request for a copy of this build record as shown on the back side of the card. Scans of both sides of this build record can be found below.

These scans and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/pricing-plans/join to donate or renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson



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Benson,
Thank you so much. I might have the opportunity to purchase this wonderful canoe. It is still dark green and appears to be in fine shape for its age…
Derek J.
 
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