S. C. Dobson (log canoe)
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S. C. DOBSON (log canoe) | |
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| Nearest city | Oxford, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°41′34″N 76°9′33″W / 38.69278°N 76.15917°W |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Lowery, James |
| Architectural style | Tilghman |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002252 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1985 |
The S. C. Dobson is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1895, by James Lowery at Tilghman, Maryland. She measures 33'-13⁄4" (10.1 meters) and has a beam of 6'-61⁄2" (2 meters). She has a longhead bow, a sharp stern, and a narrow, straight-sided hull. With a Tilghman racing rig she races under No. 6. 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.[2]
Since the 1990s, she has been named the Mary Julia Hall. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[3]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
