Island Bird

ISLAND BIRD (log canoe)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates	38°48′0″N 76°13′10″W / 38.80000°N 76.21944°W / 38.80000; -76.21944
Built	1882
Architect	Covington, William S.
Architectural style	Tilghman
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.	85002254 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1985

The Island Bird is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe built in 1882 by William Sidney Covington in Tilghman, Maryland. She is a 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) sailing log canoe with a racing rig, a sharp stem with a longhead bow, and a sharp, raking stern. She is one of the smallest boats in the active racing fleet, with a beam of only 5 ft 6.5 in (1.689 m). The boat is privately owned by the descendants of Mr. Covington and has been racing every season since 1949. 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 in St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.^[2][3]

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

• ISLAND BIRD (log canoe), Talbot County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust