Nate Wight
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I’m trying to figure out the serial number on my old town canoe? I can’t tell if it’s 42525 18 or 42325 18? Any and all help would be appreciated. View attachment 50933
Thank you,
Nate
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I’m trying to figure out the serial number on my old town canoe? I can’t tell if it’s 42525 18 or 42325 18? Any and all help would be appreciated. View attachment 50933
Thank you,
Nate
MGC
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Nate, that looks like a 5. What does the other stem look like? The number should be on both stems.
When I have a hard time reading a stem number, I do a quick pencil or grease pencil rub. I use a piece of thermal transfer cash register receipt paper, lay it over the numbers and rub away. You might be surprised by how easy it makes it to read a number.
WRT the manufacturer, without images of decks, thwarts, rails etc. it's hard to confirm that it is an Old Town. Your attached link is a dead-end so perhaps you could place a few pictures here with your thread.
When I have a hard time reading a stem number, I do a quick pencil or grease pencil rub. I use a piece of thermal transfer cash register receipt paper, lay it over the numbers and rub away. You might be surprised by how easy it makes it to read a number.
WRT the manufacturer, without images of decks, thwarts, rails etc. it's hard to confirm that it is an Old Town. Your attached link is a dead-end so perhaps you could place a few pictures here with your thread.
Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 42325 is 15 feet long so that isn't a good match. I agree with MGC that you probably have number 42525. This is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Ideal model (that shipped as an HW or Heavy Water model) with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, half ribs, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between March and June, 1916. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on July 6th, 1916 to Upper Dam, Maine. A scan of this build record can be found below.
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/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 https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or 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.
Benson
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/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 https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or 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.
Benson
Nate Wight
New Member
Benson,
Thank you so very much. This all makes sense as Fredrick Ambrose was the original builder of my family’s camp. Amazing that this is all documented?
Kind regards,
Nathan Wight
Thank you so very much. This all makes sense as Fredrick Ambrose was the original builder of my family’s camp. Amazing that this is all documented?
Kind regards,
Nathan Wight
