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The Massachusetts Humane Society built some of the earliest extant structures in the dunes area in 1872 to house members of the United States Life-Saving Service, whose mission was to assist survivors of shipwrecks. [5] [6] The dune shacks are mentioned by Henry David Thoreau in his book "Cape Cod" published in 1865. [5]
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]
Town Hill is a summit at the northern end of the Outer Cape of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located in Provincetown. It is the location of the Pilgrim Monument. Oak Head is located north-northeast of Town Hill, and the Race Point Light is on the coast to the north.
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Provincetown, Massachusetts in fiction (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Provincetown, Massachusetts" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
In 1968, the Del Deos were founders of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. [12] [13] Josephine Del Deo was part of the efforts to create the Provincetown Heritage Museum in 1976, [14] the Provincetown National Register District in 1989, [15] and the Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District in 2012. [3]
The Star of Saugatuck, a large paddle-wheel boat, gives daily tours of the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan. The Saugatuck Chain Ferry , a hand-cranked vessel, departs from Wick's Park and takes tourists from the town side of the river to the other shore for a walk to the beach, the historical museum or to climb the stairs at Mt. Baldhead.