It shipped on May 18th, 1936 to Wheeling, West Virginia. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was built between November, 1935 and May, 1936. Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 116517 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, twenty inch oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel.