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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]
Many of the Boston Harbor islands that are located under Logan's flight paths are part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Although most of the islands are in or near the Atlantic Ocean , several islands in western Massachusetts are found in the Connecticut River and a few others are surrounded by natural or man made lakes ...
A map showing the location of Cape Cod Bay. Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, and Massachusetts Bay, north is oriented to the right in this photo taken from the International Space Station on June 15, 2022 Cape Cod Bay from a beach in Dennis. Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
A U.S. Coast Guard boat steams past in 2021 as workers prepare to deploy a tidal turbine onto a lift arm on a platform just west of the railroad bridge on the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay.
Currently Ipswich Harbor is sprinkled with mooring buoys securely fastened to the bottom. At low tide water in the channel may be as deep as only 5 feet (1.5 m), which is true today. As at the northern end of Plum Island, tidal currents through the channel are unusually swift; moreover, the sands near the low tide mark are uncompacted and form ...
The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) encompasses 43,607 acres (68.1 sq mi; 176.5 km 2) [1] on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. CCNS was created on August 7, 1961, by President John F. Kennedy , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] when he signed a bill enacting the legislation he first co-sponsored as a Senator a few years prior. [ 5 ]
Woods Hole is located at the southwestern tip of the town of Falmouth (and of Cape Cod) at (41.526730, -70.663184 The term "Woods Hole" refers to a strait named Woods Hole, which separates Cape Cod from the Elizabeth Islands (specifically, Uncatena Island and Nonamesset Island) and which boats, yachts, and small ferries can use to travel between Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
Rock Harbor was the site of a skirmish during the War of 1812 between British soldiers and local militia December 19, 1814. [4] During the occupation of the British off the coast of Cape Cod, a naval ship by the name of HMS Newscastle ran aground in the Billingsgate Shoal of Wellfleet on December 12, 1814. Equipment was thrown overboard to ...