S. C. Dobson (log canoe) explained

S. C. DOBSON (log canoe)
Nearest City:Oxford, Maryland
Coordinates:38.6928°N -76.1592°W
Built:1895
Architect:Lowery, James
Architecture:Tilghman
Added:September 18, 1985
Refnum:85002252

The S. C. Dobson is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1895, by James Lowery at Tilghman, Maryland. She measures 33'-1" (10.1 meters) and has a beam of 6'-6" (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.[1]

Since the 1990s, she has been named the Mary Julia Hall. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[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=922}} Maryland Historical Trust]. 2008-06-14. S.C. DOBSON (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust.
  2. Web site: Mary Julia Hall # 6 | CBLCSA. 2008-06-14. Mary Julia Hall. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association.