Working on Old Towns

Mark Kerr

Curious about Wooden Canoes
I am presently working on 3 Old Towns. #110754 , #108325 and #150001 .

Thanks for the help,

Mark Kerr
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 110754 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel. It was built between November, 1931 and June, 1932. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 8th, 1932 to Ely, Minnesota.

The Old Town canoe with serial number 108325 is a 15 foot long, AA (or top) grade, fifty pound model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between December, 1930 and February, 1931. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on March 30th, 1931 to Chicago, Illinois.

The Old Town canoe with serial number 150001 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, HW (Heavy Water) model with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, a keel, a floor rack, and sponsons. It was built between December, 1947 and May, 1948. The original exterior paint design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design37.gif which was later known as their design number 37. There was also a "VI" in gold block letters on the right and left sides of the bow. It shipped on May 29th, 1948 to Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Scans of 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 also possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions don't match. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson


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