OLIVER'S GIFT (log canoe)

3473 Ranger Rd., Davidsonville, Maryland. County/parish: Anne Arundel.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 18, 1985. NRIS 85002247.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • State Survey #AA-375

From Wikipedia:

Oliver's Gift (log canoe)

The Oliver's Gift is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1947, by Oliver Duke. She measures 30'-7" long, has a beam of 7'-3". 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 Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

(read more...)

National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106775648

LC