Built 1886 Architectural style Tilghman Opened 1886 | Architect Thompson Bros. NRHP Reference # 85002262 Added to NRHP 18 September 1985 | |
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Location St. Michaels Marina, St. Michaels, Maryland Similar Chesapeake Bay Maritime, Edna E Lockwood, Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond |
The Rover is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1886, probably in Chester, Maryland by the Thompson brothers. She measures 28'-1 3⁄4" with a 6'-4 1⁄4" beam. She has a longhead bow, braced back to the hull, and a sharp stern. She is privately owned and races under No. 11 in Eastern Shore competition. 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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