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Map of Oyster Pond River (Chatham, Massachusetts), also called Oyster Creek, and its environs. Date: 1943: Source: USGS 7.5 Minute Series , Chatham, MA Quadrangle, 1943. Southwest corner. Author: United States Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior. Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain - original work of the US Federal Government.
Oyster Pond River and environs. Oyster Pond River, also called Oyster Creek, is a 1.7-mile-long (2.7 km) [1] river in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.. The river is an estuary connecting Oyster Pond with Stage Harbor, averaging 3 to 5 feet (1 to 2 m) in depth and bordered with salt marshes.
Chatham is located at the southeastern tip of Cape Cod and has historically been a fishing community. First settled by the English in 1664, the township was originally called Monomoit based on the indigenous population's term for the region. [1] Chatham was incorporated as a town on June 11, 1712, and has become a summer resort area.
Georges Bank is the most westward of the great Atlantic fishing banks. The now-submerged portions of the North American mainland are comprised in the continental shelf running from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to Georges. Georges Bank was part of the North American mainland as recently as 12,000 years ago. [1]
Big-game fishing effectively started in 1930 when Lorenzo "Lawrie" Mitchell–Henry, when fifty miles offshore, landed the first tunny caught on rod and line weighing 560 pounds (250 kg). After a poor season in 1931, the following year saw Harold Hardy of Cloughton Hall battling with a tunny about 16 feet long for over seven hours before his ...
In fact, tuna can maintain the temperature of their muscles at 5–20 °C (9–36 °F) above the temperature of surrounding water. [31] Overall, tuna do not have a set body temperature point; rather it maintains its T B within a narrow range, with variations of only 4–5 °C (7–9 °F) over time and from individual to individual. [31] [32]
List of rivers of Massachusetts . All Massachusetts rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean . The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name, arranged travelling upstream along the larger stream.
The Chatham Marconi Maritime Center is a maritime communication history and STEM education center. Chatham Marconi includes the Marconi/RCA-Wireless Museum featuring interactive exhibits, an Education Center offering workshops for children and families, and an Antenna Trail nature walk.