Built 1901 NRHP Reference # 85002259 Added to NRHP 18 September 1985 | Architectural style Tilghman Opened 1901 | |
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Location Carpenter St., St. Michaels, Maryland Similar Billie P Hall, Chesapeake Bay Maritime, Edna E Lockwood, Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond |
The Island Lark is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1901 and restored by John Chamberlin in 1971, She is a 34'-11" sailing log canoe with a racing rig. She has a beam of 6'-9 1/8". She is double-ended with a sharp, raking stem, longhead bow, and sharp stern. Privately owned the canoe is raced on the Eastern Shore under No. 16. She one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. She is located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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