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S. C. Dobson (log canoe)

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Built
  
1895

Architectural style
  
Tilghman

Opened
  
1895

Nearest city
  
Oxford

Architect
  
Lowery,James

NRHP Reference #
  
85002252

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 1985

S. C. Dobson (log canoe)

MPS
  
Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR

The S. C. Dobson is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1895, by James Lowery at Tilghman, Maryland. She measures 33'-134" (10.1 meters) and has a beam of 6'-612" (2 meters). She has a longhead bow, a sharp stern, and a narrow, straight-sided hull. With a Tilghman racing rig she races under No. 6. 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.

Since the 1990s, she has been named the Mary Julia Hall. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.

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

References

S. C. Dobson (log canoe) Wikipedia