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Cape Cod Trivia

As your #1 Subaru Dealer in South East MA, it is known that we have a great inventory of both New Subaru's  and Used Subaru's  in stock at all times.

On a separate note, we would also like to share with you a few facts on where we are located, beautiful Cape Cod.


Here are a few Interesting facts about Cape Cod!



  • Before the Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth, MA; they stayed for 5 weeks in Provincetown on November 11th, 1620.
  • Cape Cod is knows as the "Land of the Lighthouses" as we have more lighthouses located on Cape Cod then any other country in America.
  • Provincetown's Pilgrim Monument is the tallest granite structure in America, standing at 252 Feet.
  • The Cape Playhouse in Dennis is America's oldest professional theater.

  • We are home to the world famous
Cape Cod Potato Chips.





  • Originally, Cape Cod was united with the mainland, until the US Army Corps of Engineers dug the 17 1/2 mile long, 480 foot wide Cape Cod Canal from 1909 to 1914. This is the worlds widest sea-level canal.

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, established in 1930, is the largest independent oceanographic laboratory in the world.



 

  • Heritage Museums and Gardens of Sandwich owns and exhibits the most important collection of American antique automobiles in the United States.


Cultivation of Cranberries in bogs originated in Dennis on Cape Cod. In 1815, retired Dennis sea captain Henry Hall observed that wild cranberries seemed to flourish in areas where the sand blew over them. Once a whaling port, Harwich went on to pioneer the cranberry industry in 1864, this is where the first commercial cranberry bogs in the nation were established. The cranberry is now Massachusetts' leading agricultural product.


The paper bag was first created in Dennis, Cape Cod, by Luther Child Crowell and patented by him in 1867.


Orleans has the distinction of being the only Cape town fired upon by enemy craft?first by the British during the War of 1812 and then by Germans during both World War I and II.




In the early part of the century, Harwich had a speed limit 8 MPH. On the island of Nantucket it was a little slower, only 4 MPH.


Coast Guard Beach in Eastham is regularly named to Conde Nast Traveler's Top Ten Beaches in the US.


Old Kings Highway, at 39 miles long, is the longest contiguous historic district in America and contains four centuries of architecture.


Cape Cod was named by Mariner Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 and became a popular summer retreat for wealthy families from Boston and Providence in the mid-19th Century. Currently, Cape Cod is one of the most popular retirement spots in the United States and nearly 25% of the population is retired.




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Visiting Cape Cod on vacation?
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