Old Town 130977 - 18'

The Old Town canoe with serial number 130977 is an 18 foot long, GS (guide special or utility) grade Guide model with ash seats, decks and thwarts, and equipped with a keel. The dates when it was built are illegible except that it received it second (and last) coat of varnish in February, 1941. The original exterior paint color was guide special green . It was shipped to Coluimbus, Ohio on July 24, 1912. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.

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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/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/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html 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.

Greg Nolan
 
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