Peg Leg Pete - Fernandina, Florida
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macleod1
N 30° 40.294 W 081° 27.907
17R E 455445 N 3393296
This pirate has kept watch over downtown Fernandina for 29 years, first from his post at the riverfront welcome station and later at the corner of Front and Centre streets outside the railway depot.
Waymark Code: WM3TPT
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2008
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The Fernandina Beach Pirates Club has completed its restoration of "Peg Leg Pete," the wooden pirate statue downtown.
Peg Leg Pete, carved in 1978 from a 12-foot live oak from Charlton County, Ga., was created by master carver Wayne Ervin during the 1978 Shrimp Festival. He used a chain saw to shape the oak into the wooden statue and then applied finishing touches with a wooden mallet.
Info:website
Type of wood carving: Chainsaw carving
Artist's Name: Wayne Ervin
Approximate size/height: 12
Other type: Not listed
Type of wood: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
All logs must be the result of an actual visit to the wooden carving.
"Visited" only remarks will not be accepted.