The Edna E. Lockwood shown here docked at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels is the last of the true log canoe bugeyes that once dominated the oyster dredging industry of the Chesapeake Bay. Now owned by the Museum she is a premier exhibit that has been maintained in full sailing condition. Her nine log hull was constructed in the traditional log canoe manner. Using nine logs she was one of the largest of her type. Bugeyes and log canoes were gradually displaced for oyster dredging by the more easily operated and more shallow drafted skipjacks seen today on the Bay during the oyster season.
The Edna E. Lockwood was built in 1889 on Tilghmans Island, Maryland by John B. Harrison. She was launched on October 5 of that year and dredged oysters until 1967. She was donated to the Museum in 1973 and fully restored to sailing condition.
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