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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 ...
Sunrise at Loop's Beach. Cotuit (/ k ə ˈ t u ɪ t / kə-TOO-it) is one of the villages of the Town of Barnstable on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.. Located on a peninsula on the south side of Barnstable about midway between Falmouth and Hyannis, Cotuit is bounded by the Santuit River to the west on the Mashpee town line, the villages of Marstons Mills to the ...
The outer beach, or "backside," of Cape Cod has been the notorious graveyard for more than 3,000 ships since the wreck of the Sparrowhawk in 1626. The high cost in lives and property demanded by the sands of Cape Cod, led to the establishment of the Massachusetts Humane Society in 1786, the first organization in the nation devoted to the rescue and assistance of shipwrecked mariners.
HYANNIS — A plan to classify Cape Cod and other vacation spots as "seasonal communities" will allow those municipalities to unlock new resources to fight the housing crisis, said the state's top ...
After the dredging for the Cape Cod Canal project was started in 1884, Sagamore Beach became the center of commerce for the town. [1] The population significantly increased in 1905 when the Christian Endeavor Society , a Christianity promoting group, founded a summer colony in the region, and some of the Victorian homes built by the colony ...
The Atwood–Higgins Historic District encompasses a historic property with deep colonial roots in Cape Cod National Seashore.Located on Bound Brook Island on the west side of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, the centerpiece of the district is the Thomas Atwood House, built c. 1730.
It was part of the Cape Cod Expressway, which eventually morphed into the Mid-Cape Highway. It was originally planned to be a safe alternative to US 6 and was to be located on the northern side of the Cape Cod Canal. [17] As early as 1962, the Massachusetts Department of Public Works conducted a study once questions on the plans were raised.
Oldest wooden jail in America in Barnstable. Barnstable's Old Gaol is a historic colonial jail in Barnstable, Massachusetts.Built c.1690, it is the oldest wooden jail in the United States of America.