The Calvert Marine Museum was located right next to the Comfort Inn Beacon Marina where our boat was docked. This marina offers a free breakfast every morning plus free washer and dryer. What a deal! We visited the museum which overlooks Back Creek and toured the exhibits that examine not only the region's maritime, cultural and naval history, but also its fascinating natural history. We climbed to the top of Drum Point Lighthouse, one of the few remaining cottage-style screwpile lighthouses that's also listed on the National Register of Historic Place.
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| Sharks are true living fossils, dating back over 400 million years. This is a Carcharocles megalodon, or "Megatooth." which can claim to be the ultimate shark. Why the megalodon went extinct over 2 million years ago is a mystery, but it is survived by a close living relative, the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.  
Top of the lighthouse next to the Fresnel lens
  Her hull is constructed in traditional Chesapeake log canoe fashion, - nine large pine logs, hollowed out and fastened together. She was built as a two-masted sailing bugeye and designed mainly for oyster dredging. In 1906-1907 the Tennison was converted to engine power and her sailing rig was removed and a pilothouse added. This is how she appears today. One of the oldest vessels used today a a tour boat. She is a beauty! |
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