| SILVER HEEL (log canoe) | |
| Nearest City: | Chestertown, Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 39.1292°N -76.0972°W |
| Built: | 1902 |
| Architect: | Thompson, Eugene |
| Architecture: | Tilghman |
| Added: | September 18, 1985 |
| Refnum: | 85002249 |
The Silver Heel is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1902, in Kent County, Maryland by Eugene Thompson for John Wesley Dickinson. She is a 33'-11" sailing log canoe in the racing fleet. She has a beam of 7'-3/4". She has a clipper bow, with the longhead braced to serve as a bowsprit, and a straight, raking stern. The canoe is privately owned and races under No. 2. 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 Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[1] [2]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.