Island Image (log canoe)
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ISLAND IMAGE (log canoe)
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| Nearest city | Chestertown, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°10′11″N 76°3′46″W / 39.16972°N 76.06278°WCoordinates: 39°10′11″N 76°3′46″W / 39.16972°N 76.06278°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Jones, Herman; Moore, Isaac |
| Architectural style | Tilghman |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 85002248 |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1985 |
The Island Image is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1885 at Elliot's Island, Maryland, by Herman Jones and Isaac Moore. She is 29'-8½" long with a beam of 5-10¼", and has a straight, raking stem and a sharp stern. It is privately owned, and races under No. 17. 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 at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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