Old Town Serial number

craigr

Curious about Wooden Canoes
I think I have an Old Town but unsure of the maker. The serial number is 17- 16696 Does this seem correct? I have posted pics in the media section. It is green fiberglass over canvas maybe?
 
Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 16696 is a 17 foot long, AA grade, Charles River model with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, half ribs, and a keel. This also shipped with a cane chair and two spruce paddles that were five feet three inches long. It was built between January and July, 1911. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped to Racine, Wisconsin. A scan of this build record can be found 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/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 http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

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

Benson



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