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Category Archives: Boston Harbor in the Winter
Boston Harbor picture of the week: Lobster boat at sunrise
Winter sunrise: A lobster boat passes by on a cold, clear January morning as the sun rises over the Boston Harbor Islands.
Winter birdwatching in Boston Harbor: The Common Eider
January leaves us with few options for recreational boating in Boston Harbor, but one thing that is great about this area in winter is the vast number of migratory birds that flock here. With calm waters, today was a great … Continue reading
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Tagged birdwatching, boston harbor, boston harbor birds, eider, scoter, seagull
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Views of Cape Cod Bay from Plymouth: Manomet Point and the Mary Ann Rocks
Plymouth, Massachusetts is well known not only for its early Colonial American history, but also for the sweeping view it provides across Cape Cod Bay. As the largest town in the state in terms of area, Plymouth has a long … Continue reading
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Tagged browns bank, cape cod bay, manomet, plymouth, Provincetown, saquish
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Black Rock Beach and Straits Pond
Black Rock beach is a stretch of shoreline that lies just South of Boston Harbor, reaching around the outer side of South Hull and reaching into North Cohasset. The beach is named for the Black Rocks- two small islands lying … Continue reading
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Tagged black rock beach, cohasset, hull, minot light, straits pond, winter
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Last boat ride of 2012, on the winter solstice!
Today was December 21st, the shortest day of the year- also known as the Winter Solstice. Being the Friday before the week of Christmas, I realized that today would likely be my last boat trip of 2012. This was a … Continue reading
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Tagged boston harbor sunset, boston harbor winter solstice, december 21st, winter solstice
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Boston Harbor picture of the week: Scituate Harbor in the winter
Scituate Harbor on a calm winter day with the docks and boats gone, and just the lonely wharf pilings standing against a gray sky:
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Boston Harbor’s Tug Boat Fleet
A tug boat pushing a barge in Boston’s inner harbor: I heard a lot about a tug boat that caught fire this week while in Nantasket Roads off Georges Island. I spoke with a witness who was near the scene … Continue reading
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Tagged boston harbor, container ship, tanker, tug boat, tug boat fire
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Boston Harbor at Night
Views of the inner harbor at night. Rowes Wharf below, all decorated for the holidays: Looking toward the Fort Point Channel, with a new light scheme along the Northern Avenue Bridge: The inner harbor is looking particularly nice these evenings … Continue reading
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