Cape Cod
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
The main text of this handbook is in Parts 1 and 2. There were many 2-page information segments inserted throughout this text. In this etext these fourteen inserts have been moved to the end of Part 2, to improve readability of the main text. Part 3 consists solely of a further set of 1- and 2-page informational inserts.
Each insert is separated by a thick black horizontal line.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
The Table of Contents in the Frontmatter has been augmented by the transcriber to include fourteen entries in Part 2 for “A Glacial Base”, and the other informational inserts.
Cape Cod
Official National Park Handbook
Front cover : Nauset Light hovers over an eroding cliff facing the Atlantic Ocean in Eastham .
Handbook 148
By Robert Finch
A Guide to Cape Cod National Seashore Massachusetts
Produced by the Division of Publications National Park Service
Robert Finch
United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications
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Contents
A Cape for All Seasons
A Sliver of Sand
The Bountiful Sea
The Cape’s Transformation
A Glacial Base
The Restless Shore
Wampanoag Indians
Pilgrims First Landing
The Cape Cod House
Whaling’s Heyday
Cape Codders and the Sea
Fisheries
Saltworks
A Coastline Littered With Shipwrecks
Lighthouses and Lifesaving
Two Henrys: Thoreau and Beston
The Cranberry Bog
Marconi’s Wireless Station
Visiting Cape Cod
Cape Cod National Seashore
The National Seashore
Water Activities
Whale Watching
Recreation Ashore
Birdwatching
Orleans, Brewster, and Chatham
Eastham and Wellfleet
Truro and Provincetown
Nearby Attractions
Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
Safety and Other Management Concerns
Armchair Explorations
Index