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The Wampanoag people inhabited and used all of the lands within the national seashore, including the dunes area, prior to European settlement in the 1600s. [4]The Massachusetts Humane Society built some of the earliest extant structures in the dunes area in 1872 to house members of the United States Life-Saving Service, whose mission was to assist survivors of shipwrecks.
This house floated from Long Point to the West End in the 1850s; shown here in 1890 moving yet again, to the East End. Many of those historic "floater homes", as they came to be called, are still standing in Provincetown's West End, and can be identified by a distinctive blue and white plaque that indicates the home's historic journey. [13]
The secluded beach by the lighthouse can be reached by renting a small boat at Land's End or using the Long Point Beach Ferry, a 20-minute shuttle from MacMillian Pier or from the Boatyard dock in the West End. It is also possible to hike out, along the Provincetown Causeway and then along the beach, a three-mile distance each way. [16]
Weekapaug Inn Beach; Fenway Beach (in the neighborhood of Weekapaug) Dune's Park Beach (private but open to public for fee) Seaside Beach Club Beach (members only) Westerly Town Beach (residents only, contiguous with neighboring beaches) Atlantic Beach (contiguous) Westerly New Town Beach a.k.a. Wuskenau Beach; Jim's Beach Misquamicut (contiguous)
Until the latter half of the nineteenth century, the East Harbor was a natural embayment deep enough to shelter Provincetown's fishing fleet during the winter, and was connected to Cape Cod Bay through a 1,000-foot-wide (300 m) inlet. [3] This effectively isolated neighboring Provincetown from Truro and other towns on Cape Cod. [1]
Including the 102-room Provincetown Inn, Linchris owns around 370 hotel rooms in Provincetown, according to Lang. As of 2022, the total number of licensed rooms in Provincetown was 1,380 with a ...
Summer sunset along Beach Point, North Truro Early evening at Head of the Meadow beach, North Truro North Truro is a village in the town of Truro , Massachusetts , United States. Due to its proximity to urbanized Provincetown , it is somewhat more densely developed than the rest of the town, with houses and small resort facilities lining the ...
The Provincetown Historic District encompasses most of the dense urban center of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The district is roughly bounded to the north by U.S. Route 6; to the west by the west end of Commercial St.; to the south by Provincetown Harbor; and to the east by the southeast end of Commercial St. It covers about 300 acres (120 ha ...