Old Town Canoe - Serial Number: 161458-16.

[shoop177]

Hello, I am looking for the background and an approximate value on an Old Town Canoe, Serial Number: 161458-16.

I attached pictures, it also has wicker seats and they appear original.

Any help you can provide would be much appreciated!

Thank you!
Amanda

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 161458 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Otca model with 16 inch decks, and a keel. It was built between January and March, 1954. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It was shipped on June 30th, 1954 to Centreville, Maryland. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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/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 don't match the canoe. The messages at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57 may help if you want to value or sell it. The classifieds here at http://wcha.org/pp-classifieds/ are often the fastest way to find a good new home for a canoe like this. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Here are some good discussions of "approximate value"... http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57-How-much-is-my-old-wooden-canoe-worth

 

[shoop177]

Great, thank you so much for all the information. So interesting!

 

[Kathryn Klos]

There's a book about the Old Town Company and their canoes: http://store.wcha.org/The-Old-Town-Canoe-Company.html available in the WCHA Store, Amazon, eBay, etc.