Silver Heel (log canoe)

SILVER HEEL (log canoe)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Silver Heel at Chestertown in 2019
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Nearest city	Chestertown, Maryland
Coordinates	39°7′45″N76°5′50″W / 39.12917°N 76.09722°W / 39.12917; -76.09722
Built	1902
Architect	Thompson, Eugene
Architectural style	Tilghman
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.	85002249 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1985

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'-113⁄4" 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 near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. ^{[2] [3]}

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Maryland Historical Trust". SILVER HEEL (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
3. "Silver Heel #2 – CBLCSA". Silver Heel. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association. 2010-07-24.

External links

• SILVER HEEL (log canoe), Kent County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust