Mike: The Old Town canoe with serial number 113281 is a 15 foot long, CS grade, 50 Pound model with oak decks, thwarts and seats. The canoe was built between December 1933 and July 1934. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 6, 1935 to Clearwater Lodge, Duluth, MN. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 119448 is a 16 foot long, CS grade, Yankee model with oak decks, thwarts, seats and a keel. The canoe was built between October 1936 and April 1937. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 5, 1937 to Duluth, MN. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.
These scans 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.
- Al
