Dayton, Tenn newbie, retired Half-Back

HELLO GANG: Discovered this nice informative site a few days ago. Originally from Troy , NY and 25 years in Poughkeepsie. Many years around New England with the Antique OUtboard club and ACBS with a Chris Craft runabout.
. 12 years in Florida to ride motorcycles on the east coast & get son in the marine industry with OMC. Recent activity with the Fla Glasspar club & Mt Dora shows.
.. Last 3 years just north of Chattanooga off the main channel of the Tenn river. Sold the plastic tandem O.T. kayak & solo canoe last summer after a back injury, but had found a few 16' classic rowboats for my tillers to fish.
..Our son lives in central Maine & has a small engine shop, also antique outboards. Last fall his neighbor offered us a quite old green maybe 16' canoe in excellent cond called a "WRIGHT' ? . Going thru the model kit thread it also looks very close to a Indian Girl ? Did not know canoes had serial #'s on both bottoms. I have a outside pic to retry tomorrow , as last attachment / submission killed the pc with lock - up .!
... My good friend in Knoxville runs the antique show every May & Oct . Hope to meet other collectors.

 

good morning and welcome

could it be --White? Photos help. Lots of good info and help here.

 

Picture post .? Indian Girl .?

Will try load only pic from last fall. Going thru other threads it could quite match a "Indian Girl " style.? My daughter in law should go back to neighbors tonight. . Remember it was quite solid cond . Take it right to lake.!
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A close-up of the deck would be important... enlarging the picture-- at least from my perspective-- shows a deck that might be the EM White deck that comes to a point in the middle, like a reverse heart. Here's a previous post with a view of the deck I'm thinking of... but, like other canoe companies, White had more than one deck style. The canoe in this post has a D-shaped rear seat, which was changed in the late 19-teens. So, pictures can sometimes help to date the canoe as well as say who built it.

http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=5014&highlight=em+white

I'm not saying you may not have a Rushton Indian Girl... just following up on the possibility that it might be an EM White because you were told it was a "Wright".

It's always a great find when you can put an old canoe right into the water and paddle-away.

Kathy