Learn the history of the Chesapeake Bay log canoes from Pete Lesher, chief historian of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Take a tour of the museum and how these historic log canoes were carved and made from the early 1800s. Learn how log canoes were not only for racing but vital to oyster fishery.
Maryland Public Television’s Chesapeake Bay Week celebrates twenty years in April 2024. More than fifty programs and documentaries examine serious topics like climate change and sea level rise as well as lighter fare like the rivalries among the Chesapeake Bay’s famed sailing log canoes.
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