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The company currently operates the second largest passenger ferry service between mainland Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (after the Steamship Authority). [2] The company also operates sightseeing cruises and fishing charters. The company's main office is located at 22 Channel Point Road in Hyannis.
Rock Harbor is a man-made [1] harbor on Cape Cod Bay located on the border between Orleans, Massachusetts, and Eastham, Massachusetts. A small commercial and charter fishing fleet docks in the harbor. [2] The harbor is an artificial harbor and is dredged to maintain a depth of 4 feet at low tide. [3]
Hyannis / ˌ h aɪ ˈ æ n ɪ s / is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area at the 1990 census.
After the marina, the river goes under the Route 28 bridge and winds five more miles deep into the cape. Bass River was once considered a viable location for a canal traversing Cape Cod, and is the largest river the Mid-Cape Highway spans. Bass River is home to a friendly rivalry between West Dennis Yacht Club and the Bass River Yacht Club.
Marconi Beach. Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi.In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. [1]
Armstrong-Kelley Park, the oldest and largest privately owned park on Cape Cod, is located in Osterville. Crosby Yacht Yard is port to the Crosby catboat, and the Wianno senior, the latter a favorite of President John F. Kennedy, a resident of nearby Hyannis Port.
Nickerson State Park is a state-owned public recreation area of more than 1,900 acres (770 ha) located on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts.The park's sandy soil and scrub pines surround many kettle ponds which are dependent on groundwater and precipitation.
Eastham is located on the "forearm" of Cape Cod, and is 23 miles (37 km) south of Provincetown, the same distance east-northeast of Barnstable, 38 miles (61 km) east of the Sagamore Bridge, and 92 miles (148 km) (by land) southeast of Boston. Approximately one-third of the town is located within the Cape Cod National Seashore. There are several ...