3 for ya!

You have been busy, the Old Town canoe with serial number 45136 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Livery model with red Western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between September, 1916 and February, 1917. The original exterior paint color was orange. It shipped on February 27th, 1917 to Battle Creek, Michigan.

The Old Town canoe with serial number 132188 is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Guide model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between April and July, 1941. The original exterior paint design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design4.gif which was known as the design number 4. It shipped on July 5th, 1941 to Sparta, Michigan.

The Old Town canoe with serial number 175612 is a 15 foot long, Lightweight model with a keel. It was built between January and February, 1966. The original exterior paint color was pale blue. It shipped on April 7th, 1966 to Owosso, Michigan.

Scans showing these build records can be found below. These scans and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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 possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions doesn't match the canoes. Please post some pictures if the original design four is still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson



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