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Salem’s historic waterfront and Fort Pickering

Posted on May 11, 2013 by BHB

Once the largest port in the Northeast, the city of Salem is today clearly less of a commercial and maritime center than the nearby city of Boston, twenty miles to the south. However, this was not always the case, as … Continue reading →

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Along the Neponset River

Posted on May 4, 2013 by BHB

The Neponset area located south of Boston offers some lovely views from boat or land, as one can see in this city view from the estuary where the river meets Dorchester Bay: When thinking of rivers near Boston, The Charles comes … Continue reading →

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Views from Fort Revere in Hull

Posted on May 3, 2013 by BHB

Here is an updated version of a previous post about Fort Revere, a long standing fortification on the Hills overlooking Pemberton Point and the Outer Boston Harbor islands. This is a great place to visit to view the Brewsters and … Continue reading →

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Historical place of the week: Oldest House on Nantucket

Posted on May 2, 2013 by BHB

This old Nantucket colonial house, known as the Jethro Coffin House, is located just outside of Nantucket’s central downtown. The house is located on a place called Sunset Hill, a highland to the West of downtown near Cliff Road. Built … Continue reading →

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Long Island Light: One of the harbor’s more mysterious lighthouses

Posted on May 1, 2013 by BHB

Long Island Light is a functioning lighthouse on the Northernmost point of its name sake island, in the very center Boston Harbor. The lighthouse marks the entrance to President Roads, a major Boston Harbor shipping channel, through the narrow passageway … Continue reading →

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Way off course: US Virgin Islands

Posted on April 30, 2013 by BHB

The US Virgin Islands National Park: Gazing out along the desolate shoreline, one beholds a sight conceivably unchanged from that seen hundreds of years ago by explorers, traders and pirates: rolling green cliffs giving way to remote uninhabited bays of … Continue reading →

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Picture of the week: Northern Avenue Bridge

Posted on April 29, 2013 by BHB

There is something kind of cool about a rusty old bridge against a blue sky: This is the Northern Avenue Bridge which spans the Fort Point Channel in Boston’s Seaport District. This bridge now opens regularly to accommodate even large vessels … Continue reading →

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Lunar Low Tide

Posted on April 28, 2013 by BHB

A view of the Hingham Yacht Club during yesterday’s very low tide: Once again it is the time of the month where the full moon is making the tides more extreme. During this month’s full moon, the low tide was … Continue reading →

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Webb Memorial Park: A Boston Harbor Island feel without being on an island

Posted on April 19, 2013 by BHB

Weymouth’s Webb Memorial Park: In addition to being a former NIKE missile launch sight during the Cold War, and the location of a Revolutionary War battle in 1775, this is a park offers sweeping views of the southwest corner of Boston … Continue reading →

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Winter views of Woods Hole: A notoriously difficult place to navigate

Posted on April 15, 2013 by BHB

Located about 75 miles south of Boston on the Southwestern Cape, Woods Hole is a geographically unique place. Jutting out of Southwest Falmouth, it is the last part of mainland separating Cape Cod from the Elizabeth Islands. It also Separates … Continue reading →

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