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Other canoes in this 25 record set have 5-digit serial numbers as high as 16252, 4 digit serial numbers as low as 1866, and even one serial number of 69. Thus, there can be no way to accurately predict when a canoe was built if, for example, both numbers 1203 were still in the factory in 1920. It seems apparent that at least by the late teens, serial numbers had little to do with year of manufacture/shipment. Therefore, these canoes all have serial numbers in which the first two digits neither match the year of shipment, nor correlate with the year of shipment in any predictable way. If it is assumed that these serial numbers were assigned by Morris and these canoes were partially built in the Morris factory, then they would have been shipped by Morris in 1920 or later (if the catastophic fire had not occurred). During 19, the Morris canoes shipped by Old Town had serial numbers from the 14,000s to the 17,000s. Serial numbers on these canoes range from 69 to 17263. See information compiled by Benson Gray at:Īt least some of these were canoes that were partially built by Morris, but completed at the Old Town factory after the Morris factory burned. It has also been suggested that the last two digits represent the last two digits of the year built, but clearly this is not the case- existing serial numbers ending in 60s, 70s and 80s, for example, were certainly not built by Morris.Ĭompounding the confusion was the recent discovery of Morris records among Old Town’s files. It is unclear why either of these theories is still held to be accurate. Jeff and Jill Dean then developed a modified theory of dating Morris canoes, but even that is far from proven. Almost as fast as this theory was published, it was retracted (see Wooden Canoe numbers 21, 22 and 27). It was originally thought (guessed?) that Morris serial numbers included the last two digits of the year of manufacture as the first two digits of the serial number. The issue of dating Morris canoes is far from solved, and I predict that (unfortunately) it never will be without actual sales receipts or some other records from the long-ago burned Morris factory. Here is a summary of years of discussion along with some additional thoughts: A lot has been discussed lately (again) about dating B.N.