Jay Dee (log canoe)

JAY DEE (log canoe)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates	38°48′0″N 76°13′10″W / 38.80000°N 76.21944°W / 38.80000; -76.21944Coordinates: 38°48′0″N 76°13′10″W / 38.80000°N 76.21944°W / 38.80000; -76.21944
Built	1931
Architect	Harrison, John B.
Architectural style	Tilghman
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP Reference #	85002256 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1985

The Jay Dee is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1931, by John B. Harrison in Tilghman, Maryland, She is 35 feet 6 inches (10.82 m) long with a beam of 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m), and built of five logs. 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 which has existed since the 1840s. She is located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.^[2][3]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

External links

• JAY DEE (log canoe), Talbot County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust

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