unidentified serial #

chuck

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I am in Huntsville Ontario and am restoring a canoe for a friend. He has no history on the canoe except to say it is old !!! . It is cedar and canvas, has Chestnut lines but specs and serial # don't add up. The number 13813 44 is barely visible on the stem. 16' x 32" x 12" . 3/8" ribs 2 1/8 " wide 1 1/4' apart , heart shaped deck three thwarts. one distinctive feature
( probably not original ) is a loop left in the brass stem band instead of a ring or eye in the the deck. Robertson screws suggest Canadian made but may not be original. inwales not tapered , cant ribs same as others. gunwales heavily varnished but look like cedar !! any clues as to what this is.
 
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