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MV Island Home is a ferry built by VT Halter Marine in 2005 for the Steamship Authority. She replaced the MV Islander on the Authority's route between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven . [ 1 ] She has been serving the Woods Hole–Martha's Vineyard route since her maiden voyage on March 5, 2007.
Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, [1] is an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, lying just south of Cape Cod.It is known for being a popular, affluent summer colony, and includes the smaller peninsula Chappaquiddick Island.
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
The "Outer Lands" coloured in green. The Outer Lands is the prominent terminal moraine archipelagic region off the southern coast of New England in the United States. This eight-county region of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York comprises the peninsula of Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands, Block Island, and Long Island, as well as ...
Before the 17th century, the lands that now constitute Dartmouth had been inhabited by the Wampanoag Native Americans, who were part of the Algonquian language family and had settlements throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Their population is believed to have been about 12,000. [7] [8]
Martha’s Vineyard is an island south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts and is about a 43-minute flight from Boston. Population is about 15,000, although the summer population can swell by tens of ...
The company added deep-sea fishing charters in 1966 and started running seasonal passenger-ferry services in 1970, first to Martha's Vineyard and then to Nantucket in 1972 when Hyannis Harbor Tours bought out The Nantucket Boat Company, which at that time was doing business as Hi-line.
The island is owned by the Forbes Family and is private. In the early 20th century a sidewheeler steamer ferry used the island's name in theirs, Sidewheeler Uncatena. The ferry took people between New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and was the last of its kind. [16] Naushon Island, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long and the largest. Composed of ...