ROVER (log canoe)

ROVER (log canoe) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Rover is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1886 by the Thompson brothers in Chester, Maryland. She measures 28'-1" with a 6'-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 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 St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1886

Source: en.wikipedia.org