2008 • 124 pages • Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-59629-502-5
Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost reach of the Gulf of Maine. It’s a vibrant ecosystem and a wealth of biodiversity, from human woes to whales.
Formed by an ancient, retreating glacier, its waters that run counterclockwise have been the reluctant host to pirates and the welcoming point of landing to weary and lost Plymouth colonists. This first-ever history of Cape Cod Bay includes unique appendices by local, state, and federal subject-matter experts including scientists. But mostly, you’ll just love the sea stories.
A Samuel Lewis map of Cape Cod Bay in 1795. Image courtesy of the William Brewster Nickerson Room at Cape Cod Community College.
A closer look at iconic Cape Cod Bay on the Lewis map.
Description and credits:
Book cover: The Searsville was constructed by the Shiverick brothers in their famous East Dennis shipyard. Image courtesy of the Dennis Historical Society.
Banner: This is Steamboat Wharf in Provincetown Harbor, a bustling place, one of dozens of wharves before the Portland Gale of 1898 swept through and destroyed all but a handful of these mega-docks. Image courtesy of the William Brewster Nickerson Memorial Room, Cape Cod Community College.
