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Provincetown Harbor is a large natural harbor located in the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts.The harbor is mostly 30 to 90 feet (9 to 27 m) deep and stretches roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) from northwest to southeast and 2 miles (3.2 km) from northeast to southwest – one large, deep basin with no dredged channel necessary for boats to enter and exit.
The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts, was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor. [1]
This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s. When the settlers decided to leave Long Point, they took most of their houses with them – about 30 structures in all – by floating them across the harbor. [2] [3] During the Civil War, the military established a defensive coastal artillery post and garrison at this ...
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 ...
Later this week, visitors to Provincetown will get a hint of how the skyline at the harbor once appeared — bristling with wooden masts, booms and yards — as a tall ship comes to port and ...
Provincetown Historic District: August 30, 1989 : Roughly bounded by U.S. Route 6, the western end of Commercial St., Provincetown Harbor, and the southeastern end of Commercial St. Provincetown: 88: Provincetown Public Library
Long Point Light Station is a historic lighthouse at the northeast tip of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [3] As a navigational aid, it marks the southwest edge of the entrance to Provincetown Harbor. The United States Coast Guard Light List describes it simply as a "white square tower". [3]
Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]