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Wingaersheek beach at sunset. Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. [1] According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton" (meaning "Vineland"). The name was described by ...
Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of Massachusetts, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester. History
Essex County, of which Gloucester is a part, is the location of more than 450 properties and districts listed on the National Register. Gloucester itself is the location of 34 of these properties and districts. [2] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 6, 2024. [3]
The fictional "Gloucester Island" in 1966 Cold War comedy film The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming is located off Cape Ann and was named for the city of Gloucester. [ citation needed ] The book Slaughterhouse Five mentions Cape Ann as the honeymoon location for the main character Billy Pilgrim .
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Located on a rocky peninsula within Gloucester's working harbor, Rocky Neck is known for its quaint neighborhood, geographic beauty and many art galleries and studios. Artists including Winslow Homer , Edward Hopper , and many others [ 2 ] working on Rocky Neck in the 19th and early 20th centuries inspired the Cape Ann style of American ...
Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / GLOST-ər) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore.The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. Census. [2]
South Cape Beach State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in the town of Mashpee.It is part of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.The park is situated between Waquoit Bay and Vineyard Sound and features barrier beach and dunes, salt marsh, scrub oak and pitch pine woodland and kettle ponds and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.