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November 8, 2021May 9, 2023

Drone flight over Wings Island Wetland – Brewster MA

Wing’s Island in Brewster, Cape Cod is a step back to the upland areas of the 1920s. Many animals, including most of the fish and shellfish eaten in New England, spawn, grow and forage in this coastal wetland habitat in Brewster, MA. In one year, ten tons of plant material can grow in a single acre of salt marsh. Decaying grasses and other composting organic matter release vital nutrients which nourish new plant growth and feed the marsh animals. This intricate food web is linked to the sea through the tides. Incoming tides flood the marsh with water, distributing sediments and nutrient resources throughout. Outgoing tides also flush nutrients into nearby tidal flats and coastal waters, nourishing more plants and animals. Salt marshes, like Wing Island, are one of the most productive habitats in the world.

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April 14, 2021April 17, 2023

Paine’s Creek Herring Run Mating Dance – Brewster.MA.Life

Did you get to see the Herring run this season? Here’s a quick video following the annual Spring Herring run up Paine’s Creek in Brewster, Cape Cod.

Also known as Alewives and Bluebacks, river Herring have been migrating from the ocean to fresh water ponds and streams in Springtime for centuries. Native people as well as European settlers depended on them as a food staple.

Today it is illegal to harvest river Herring in the Paine’s Creek estuary and across Massachusetts.

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Brewster

Welcome to life in Brewster, MA.

First settled in 1656 as a parish of the town of Harwich, the town separated as the northern, wealthier parish in 1693.

Brewster was named in honor of Elder William Brewster, the first religious leader of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony.

Many of of the town’s business institutions were all on Brewster’s main street (now Route 6A), including the town hall and churches.

After a minor civil uprising, Brewster was officially incorporated as its own town in 1803.

The town’s history grew around Stony Brook, where the first water-powered grist and woolen mill in the country was founded in the late 17th century.

There were many rich sea captains in the town who built many of the mansions and stately homes which now constitute the town’s inns and bed-and-breakfasts.

Most notable of these are the Brewster Historical Society Captain Elijah Cobb House on Lower Road, the Crosby Mansion on Crosby Lane by Crosby Beach, and the Captain Freeman Inn on Breakwater Road.

Brewster’s unique natural assets of more than 5,000 acres of conservation land with walking and biking trails; a herring run where the alewife migrate to their home pond; salt and fresh water beaches; ponds and forests set the backdrop for the eco-tourist’s experience.

Points of interest

View our official Brewster community page at Brewster.MA.Life

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Bourne

Welcome to Life in Bourne, MA.

Settled in 1640 by Ezra Perry as a part of the town of Sandwich and named after politicians Johnathan Sr. and his father Richard Bourne, the town of Bourne lies at the northeast corner of Buzzards Bay.

Buzzards Bay is also the site of Aptucxet Trading Post, the nation’s oldest store.

Comprised of 10 villages, Bourne Village, Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Gray Gables, Monument Beach, Otis Air Base, Pocasset, Sagamore and Sagamore Beach, the town has a rich history often overshadowed by other famous Cape Cod towns.

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Gray Gables, an estate in Bourne, Massachusetts was owned by US President Grover Cleveland and served as his Summer White House from 1893 to 1896. It was later converted into the Gray Gables Ocean House hotel, which burned down in 1973.

Visitors to Cape Cod travel through Bourne when they cross over the Bourne, Sagamore or Railroad bridges, as well as through Buzzards Bay from Rt. 25.

Many stop and watch the boats, hoping to catch a whale sighting as they swim through the canal. And all pass by the famous “Cape Cod” rotary hedges, a familiar welcome to all Cape-bound explorers via the Bourne Bridge.

The Cape Cod Canal was formed in order to save time and lives by eliminating the need to sail around the hazardous eastern shores of the Cape.

There are numerous quiet harbors and inlets for boating, fishing, shell fishing and swimming and the Cape Cod Canal bike path is a 14 mile trail that runs on both sides of the canal for avid cyclists, runners and walkers.

The Pilgrims settled here around 1627. It was officially incorporated in 1884, the last town to be incorporated in Barnstable County, giving Bourne the bragging right of being both Cape Cod’s oldest and the youngest town (Sandwich is the oldest town).

Points of Interest:

View our official Bourne community page… Bourne.MA.Life

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