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Oliver's Gift (log canoe)

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Built
  
1947

Architectural style
  
Tilghman

Opened
  
1947

Nearest city
  
Davidsonville

Architect
  
Duke,Oliver

NRHP Reference #
  
85002247

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 1985

Oliver's Gift (log canoe)

MPS
  
Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR

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The Oliver's Gift is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1947, by Oliver Duke. She measures 30'-7" long, has a beam of 7'-3". 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 Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

Oliver's Gift (log canoe) Wikipedia