Island Lark

The  Island Lark  is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1901 and restored by John Chamberlin in 1971.  She is a 34'-11" sailing log canoe with a racing rig.  She has a beam of 6'-9 1/8".  She is double-ended with a sharp, raking stem, longhead bow, and sharp stern.  Privately owned the canoe is raced on the Eastern Shore under No.  16.  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 St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland. 

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

References

External links
, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust

Category:Ships in Talbot County, Maryland
Category:Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland