The Cape Cod Canal opens 17 days before the Panama Canal. 1916: The canal is dredged to a depth of 25 feet, and is ready to receive sea-going vessels. At this time, the canal is a one-way stream ...

At 35 miles long, the undertaking would have been substantial, and not much shorter than the 50-mile Panama Canal of international repute. We can deliver news just like this directly to your inbox.

The Cape Cod Canal was opened with much fanfare on July 29, 1914, a toll waterway put into operation less than three weeks before the Panama Canal opened. It bore only a slight resemblance to the ...

By the late 1800s proposals for a new Cape Cod Canal took priority. Today, the canal remains are visible extending from Cape Cod Bay along the Orleans - Eastham town line to the rotary on US 6.

Nearly 11 months ago, a pod of North Atlantic right whales was spotted north of the canal in Cape Cod Bay.Watch video of that pod spotted near the Cape Cod Canal in April 2022 in the player below ...

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One hundred years ago, the world was a different place -- the Ford Motor Company sold 248,000 cars at $500 a piece, a gallon of gas cost 12 cents and the Cape Cod Canal opened to water traffic.

I have long believed the Cape Cod Canal to be a magical place, but one morning as I did a “dawn patrol” bike ride with a friend, I saw proof. The sun was just rising over the Atlantic, and an ...

Cape Cod Canal reopened Monday after closing to let North Atlantic right whales spotted there over the weekend vacate the waterway.. The United States Coast Guard First District office confirmed ...

At about 4:30 p.m., the MEP spokesperson said the whales had made it out of the canal and into Cape Cod Bay. The canal was closed until 5:30 p.m. to ensure the whales did not re-enter the waterway.

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