Hilda M. Willing and E.C. Collier at Knapps Narrows

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>                               HILDA  M. WILLING & E. C. COLLIER AT KNAPPS NARROWS</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#663333" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sallie Bramble"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Before The Wind"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><U><B>Return to Water Color & Oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Tilghman's Island provides a view of the Chesapeake Bay fishing industry that has changed little in the past 100 years.  Bay watercraft of all types including some of the last of the Chesapeake Bay skipjacks work out of this small fishing village.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 52 foot </B><B>E. C. Collier</B><B> built in 1910 in Deal Island, Maryland and the 40 foot </B><B>Hilda M. Willing</B><B> built in 1905 in Oriole, Maryland are excellent examples of these craft.  The </B><B>E. C. Collier</B><B> no longer works the Bay and now resides at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels as an exhibit.  The </B><B>Hilda M. Willing</B><B> continues to dredge oysters today. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 47 foot </B><B>Sigsbee</B><B> built in 1901 at Deal Island and the 43 foot </B><B>Lena Rose</B><B> built in 1924 in Virginia are docked on the right along the Narrows.  The </B><B>Sigsbee</B><B> sank in 1990 during the Chesapeake Appreciation Day skipjack races and was restored by the Lady Maryland Foundation.  The </B><B>Lena Rose</B><B> left the oyster trade in 1971.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>