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Cape Cod’s outer beach, often referred to as the “Graveyard of Ships,” has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-twentieth century, this solitary forty-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over 3,000 vessels along its shifting shoals. It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet wet. Author Don Wilding revisits some of these disasters and the heroic, and sometimes tragic, rescue efforts of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and Coast Guard, from his books, “Shipwrecks of Cape Cod” and “Cape Cod and The Portland Gale of 1898.” Follow up with our new exhibit, The Menace of Cape Cod: A Hazard to Navigation.
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135 South St, Hyannis, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02601
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