Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

House Point Island Flats greenhead box traps. Those blue boxes on stilts that you see through the marshy flats of Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Wood End Light. Wood End Light emerges from a seemingly endless horizon, with marsh grass and tidal ponds in the Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Wood End Light Oil House. Though this brick structure has an appealingly domestic scale, it was built in 1896 for Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Wood End Light Keeper’s House. The lighthouse keeper’s lot at Wood End was greatly improved in 1896 with the construction Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Wood End Light Fog Bell Tower. The fog bell tower was constructed in 1902 and taken down after the lighthouse Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Wood End Life-Saving Station. Just east of Wood End Light stood the Wood End Life-Saving Station of 1896. This “Duluth”-style Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Measured mile, west targets. Maritime trials continued for decades off Provincetown, which — ideally for such purposes — offered deep Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Wood End

Measured mile, center targets. Maritime trials continued for decades off Provincetown, which — ideally for such purposes — offered deep seas Continue reading →