Canoe identification needed!

Burlgirl78

New Member
Hi all, just picked up this canoe, can anyone help with identifying it - manufacturer and model. The serial number (pictured) looks like 15 013 065.

thanks!

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What? Nobody’s jumped in here? There are clues from the pix, but nothing definitive. Looks like some competent care and repairs have been exercised. Deck and outwales look possibly new. One seat is a new store bought and one roughly repaired. Usual suspects are Old Town and Chestnut. Serial numbers on Chestnuts are meaningless. Benson has not chimed in to identify the serial number as an OT one. The “15” in yours does correspond with length. Both OT and Chestnut made a 15 foot model called a “Trapper.” The green shade corresponds with a green paint often found on OTs, not so often on Chestnuts.
 
It was made in Canada- wide and thin cant ribs; square drive screws; narrow ribs; double bolted thwart. Somebody who has seen a lot of Canadian canoes will likely ID it.
 
It clearly isn't an Old Town and I agree with Larry and Gil that it looks Canadian. I just don't know enough about canoes from Canada to offer anything more than a wild guess that it might be a Chestnut. Sorry,

Benson
 
15' is likely a chum or minetta, too narrow for a bobs.
thin ribs are post 1939 iirc. seats are replacements with pre woven caning, originals would have been hand caned. ash outer rails have been put back on, likely when recanvassed. offset steel carriage bolts point to that wonderful craftsmanship (sarcasm) of the 50s and 60s.
 
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