Cape Cod

Cape Cod (1033 km²) is an arm-shaped peninsula forming the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. It is coextensive with Barnstable County. Although Cape Cod was originally connected to the mainland, the first Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1914, effectively transformed Cape Cod into a large island. Download high resolution version (500x750, 45 KB)Cape Cod Sorce: http://www-misr. ... Download high resolution version (500x750, 45 KB)Cape Cod Sorce: http://www-misr. ... A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... COD may refer to: Call of Duty (Computer Game) Cause Of Death Click of Death (Hard Drive Term) Cash on delivery Cod fish Carrier onboard delivery Chemical oxygen demand Concise Oxford Dictionary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Cape Cod Canal The Cape Cod Canal is a man-made waterway traversing the narrow neck of land that anchors Cape Cod to mainland Massachusetts. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Geography

Cape Cod consists of three portions:

The "Upper Cape" is the section of Cape Cod closest to the mainland. This portion of the Cape includes the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich. While part of the city of Barnstable can be considered to be located on the Upper Cape, it is more commonly thought to be in the Mid-Cape area. Falmouth is the home of the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and is also the most-used connection to Martha's Vineyard via the ferry. Bourne is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Falmouth is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Mashpee is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Sandwich is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is devoted to scientific research and science- and engineering-education leading to MS and PhD degrees in oceanography and related fields. ... Marthas Vineyard is roughly triangular in shape, and is approximately 30 kilometers in length. ...

The Mid-Cape includes the city of Barnstable and the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth. There are seven villages in Barnstable: Barnstable, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, and West Barnstable. There are many beautiful beaches in the Mid-Cape area, including Kalmus Beach in Hyannis, which gets its name from the one of the inventors of Technicolor, Herbert Kalmus. This popular wind surfing destination was bequeathed to the town of Barnstable by Dr. Kalmus on condition that it not be developed, possibly one of the first instances of open-space preservation in the US. Barnstable is a city located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts; it is the county seat of Barnstable County6. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Yarmouth is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Barnstable is also the name of one of the villages within the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... Centerville is a village in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... Cotuit is a village in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. ... Hyannis is a village in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... Marstons Mills is a village in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... West Barnstable is a village in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... Alternate use: Technicolor (physics) Technicolor is a three-strip color film process pioneered in the 1930s by the Technicolor Corporation, a company created by the husband-and-wife team of Herbert and Natalie Kalmus. ... Windsurfing in Essex, England Windsurfing (also called boardsailing) is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4. ...

The "Lower Cape" is the narrower portion of the cape, which bends sharply to the north. This section includes the towns of Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet. Brewster is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Chatham is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Eastham is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Harwich is a town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. ... Orleans is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Truro is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Wellfleet is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ...

The large area of water enclosed by Cape Cod and the mainland seacoast to the north forms Cape Cod Bay; west of Cape Cod is Buzzards Bay. To the south lie Nantucket sound; Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (both large islands); and the mostly-privately-owned Elizabeth Islands in the town of Gosnold, of which the largest is Cuttyhunk. Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the state of Massachusetts. ... Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ... Marthas Vineyard is roughly triangular in shape, and is approximately 30 kilometers in length. ... The Elizabeth Islands, off the coast of Massachusetts The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States. ... Gosnold is a town located in Dukes County, Massachusetts. ...

Cape Cod is connected to the mainland by a pair of canal-spanning highway bridges from Bourne, Massachusetts and Sagamore, and a vertical-lift railroad bridge. The entire Cape is roughly bisected by U.S. Route 6, locally known as the Mid-Cape Highway, which runs as a four- and then two-lane freeway between Sandwich and Orleans, and a surface street thence to Provincetown. Commercial air service to Cape Cod occur at Barnstable Municipal Airport and Provincetown Municipal Airport. Sagamore is a census-designated place and village located in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... U.S. Highway 6 is a largely east-west United States Highway that connects Bishop, California with Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. ... A typical freeway with an interchange in the foreground Rush hour on the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California). ...

History

Much of the east-facing Atlantic seacoast of Cape Cod consists of wide, sandy beaches. In 1961, a significant portion of this coastline was made part of the Cape Cod National Seashore by President John F. Kennedy, and is thus protected from development. Large portions are open to the public, including the "Marconi Site" in Wellfleet, a park built around the site of the first two-way transoceanic radio transmission (by Theodore Roosevelt using Guglielmo Marconi's equipment). The area near Provincetown enjoys the historical distinction of being the first, exploratory, landing site of the Pilgrims, on their journey from England to Plymouth Rock. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ... The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7th, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, encompasses 43,500 acres (176 km²) of ponds, woods and beachfront on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... Order: 26th President Vice President: Charles Warren Fairbanks Term of office: September 14, 1901 – March 3, 1909 Preceded by: William McKinley Succeeded by: William Howard Taft Date of birth: October 27, 1858 Place of birth: New York City Date of death: January 6, 1919 Place of death: Oyster Bay, New... Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate, known for the development of a practical wireless telegraphy system commonly known as the radio. Marconi was President of the Accademia dItalia and a member of the Fascist Grand Council of Italy. ... This article is about the colonists of North America. ... Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony, in what would become the United States. ...

On May 15, 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold became the first European to discover Cape Cod. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... For the Marvel comic, see 1602 (comic). ... Bartholomew Gosnold ( 1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer and explorer. ...

On April 26, 1717, the pirate ship Whydah Gally sank off Cape Cod. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... Events January 4 — The Britain & France sign Triple Alliance March 2 — Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain shown in Drury Lane The Loves of Mars and Venus March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that... A pirate is one who robs or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised sovereign nation. ... The Whydah Gally was the galley-style ship of the pirate Black Sam Bellamy. ...

Tourism

Although Cape Cod is inhabited all year round, it experiences a tourist explosion each summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day, as the New England cold gives way to a brief but comfortable summer. Many businesses are specifically targeted to the visitors, and close during the "off season" (roughly 8-9 months per year.) Some particularly well known Cape products and industries include cranberries, shellfish (particularly oysters and clams) and lobstering. Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States public holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ... Labour Day (or Labor Day) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ... Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ... Species Vaccinium macrocarpon Vaccinium microcarpum Vaccinium oxycoccus The cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccus, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccus. ... Shellfish is a term used to describe molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ... The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ...

Islands off Cape Cod

Like Cape Cod itself, the islands off Cape Cod have turned from being natural, whaling, and trading areas to resort destinations for the Northeast, attracting old, wealthy families and prosperous tourists alike. The islands include Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, as well as the Elizabeth Island chain, which includes the Forbes family-owned Naushon Island, which was purchased by John Murray Forbes with profits from opium dealing in the China trade during the Opium War. Several prominent families have established family compounds or estates on the larger islands, making these Cape Cod offshore islands some of the wealthiest resorts in the Northeast, yet they retain much of the early merchant trading and whaling culture. Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ... Marthas Vineyard is roughly triangular in shape, and is approximately 30 kilometers in length. ... This article is about the Forbes family related to US Senator John Kerry. ... Naushon Island has been a Forbes family retreat for some time, where the China trade merchant John Murray Forbes and his family have summered for more than a century. ... John Murray Forbes John Murray Forbes (February 23, 1813 - October 12, 1898), one of three brothers sent by their uncle to Canton, amassed a fortune in the opium trade and China trade during the Opium Wars. ... Opium is a narcotic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy . ... There were two Opium Wars between Britain and China. ...