1980. Our History. On July 4, 1980 two small business owners made their dream of making crunchy, delicious, unique quality potato chips a reality. They set up a small storefront in Hyannis, MA where their chips quickly became a local favorite. Who started Cape Cod Potato Chips? Cape Cod Potato Chip Company LLC What happened […]

The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Is Cape Cod Canal manmade? Cape Cod Canal, artificial waterway in southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. A part of the Atlantic Intracoastal […]

On Cape Cod, there are eight recorded shark attacks, going as far back as 1751, but the majority of them weren’t fatal. There have been two fatal attacks on the Cape, with the earliest in 1751 when someone died while swimming off the coast of Sandwich. When was the last shark attack in Cape Cod? […]

One question that is often asked among visitors to the area is, “Is Cape Cod a city?” Cape Cod is a geographic cape and island that is connected to the state of Massachusetts. The area is made up of several different cities, towns and villages that span the cape. What states are Cape Cod? Cape […]

North Beach Island, Chatham The barrier beach is a section of Cape Cod National Seashore where there’s little more than white sand and green beach grass. Pick your side—the tranquil bay or the open sea—then make a day of it. Does Cape Cod have good beaches? A popular vacation destination, Cape Cod is known for […]

Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard are home to 22 majestic lighthouses, one of the highest concentrations of lighthouses anywhere. Does Cape Cod have a lighthouse? Cape Cod is 70 miles long, with coastline both on the Atlantic Ocean and on Cape Cod Bay. It boasts 14 lighthouses. What is the oldest lighthouse on Cape […]

The Nauset people, sometimes referred to as the Cape Cod Indians, were a Native American tribe, who lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They lived east of Bass River and lands occupied by their closely-related neighbors, the Wampanoag. What did Native Americans call Cape Cod? Short for Namskaket, or “at the fishing place,” derived from Algonquin […]

7:14 pm. 12/2/2021: The tide now in Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, MA is falling. Next high tide is 7:14 pm. Next low tide is 2:01 pm. Sunset today is 4:14 PM. What is the best tide to fish the Cape Cod Canal? The most popular time to fish in the Canal is during the […]

Ocean Spray. Background. This drink was conceived in 1945 by the Ocean Spray cranberry grower’s cooperative under the name “Red Devil” in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The “Cape Codder” name dates from the early 1960s. Why is it called a Cape Codder? Cape Codder is an American cocktail originating from Cape Cod peninsula, hence the name. […]

The area was both built up and scoured by the ice sheet, which stretched down past Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket during Earth’s last major Ice Age. In their advance and retreat, the glaciers composing the ice sheet scraped rock off of Earth’s surface, eventually depositing it on Cape Cod. How did Cape Cod get its […]

Seasonal ferry service is available from Boston to Provincetown, and from various ports on Cape Cod to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Ferry service to the Islands is available on a year-round basis. A trip on a traditional or high-speed ferry is an exciting way to travel to Cape Cod or the Islands. […]

Nothing says summer on Cape Cod quite like a lobster feast. Not only is lobster decadently delicious, it’s also harvested by fisheries on the Cape.The beauty of lobster is that it can be served in so many delectable ways, a fact that many Cape eateries have celebrated through their own signature creations. What seafood is […]

Cape Codders tend to refer to the land on the mainland side of the canal as “off-Cape”, though the legal delineation of Cape Cod, coincident to the boundaries of Barnstable County, includes portions of the towns of Bourne and Sandwich that are located north of the canal. Is Cape Cod referred to as the cape? […]

The argument for constructing a Canal through the isthmus of Cape Cod dates back to Plimoth Colony at the 1620s. To engage in trade with the Dutch sailing from today’s New York City and with local Wampanoag tribal members, Pilgrims established the Aptucxet Trading Post along the banks of the Mamomet River in 1627. How […]

The sheltered waters of the Cape Cod Canal offer some of the most scenic and enjoyable recreational boating opportunities on Cape Cod.Personal watercraft, kayaks, canoes, wind surfers or other non-motoized craft are not permitted to operate within, or pass through the Federally maintained limits of the Canal. Can you kayak in Buzzards Bay? Canoeing, kayaking, […]