Bugeye
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The bugeye is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay for oyster dredging. The predecessor of the skipjack, it was superseded by the latter as oyster harvests dropped.
Edna Lockwood, a surviving bugeye.
Bugeye pictured on a visitors' wayfinding compass on Solomons Island
Edna E. Lockwood on display at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Saint Michaels, Maryland
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Saint Michaels, also known as St. Michaels, is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2023 World Population Review. Growing at a rate of 1.3% annually, its population hit a peak with the 2020 Census reporting a 3.99% increase. Saint Michaels derives its name from the Episcopal Parish established there in 1677. The church attracted settlers who engaged in tobacco growing and ship building.
Hooper Strait Lighthouse at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Christ Church Episcopal Church in Saint Michaels main road
Downtown Saint Michaels on North Talbot Street
MD 33 westbound entering St. Michaels