The ''Island Bird'' is a Chesapeake Bay

log canoe The log canoe is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay region. Based on the dugout, it was the principal traditional fishing boat of the bay until superseded by the bugeye and the skipjack. However, it is most famous as a racing sa ...

built in 1882 by William Sidney Covington in Tilghman, Maryland. She is a 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 . 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. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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*, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust Ships in Talbot County, Maryland Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub