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Jay Dee (log canoe)

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Built
  
1931

Architectural style
  
Tilghman

Opened
  
1931

Nearest city
  
St. Michaels

Architect
  
Harrison, John B.

NRHP Reference #
  
85002256

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 1985

Jay Dee (log canoe)

MPS
  
Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR

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The Jay Dee is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1931, by John B. Harrison in Tilghman, Maryland, She is 35 feet 6 inches (10.82 m) long with a beam of 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m), and built of five logs. She is 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 which 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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Jay Dee (log canoe) Wikipedia