Oliver's Gift (log canoe) explained

OLIVER'S GIFT (log canoe)
Nearest City:Davidsonville, Maryland
Coordinates:38.9661°N -76.6061°W
Built:1947
Architect:Duke, Oliver
Architecture:Tilghman
Added:September 18, 1985
Refnum:85002247

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 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 that has existed since the 1840s. She is located at Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.[1] [2]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{MHT url|id=917}} Maryland Historical Trust]. 2008-06-14. OLIVER'S GIFT (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust.
  2. Web site: Oliver’s Gift #10 – CBLCSA. 2010-07-24. Oliver’s Gift. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association.