by Steve Lam | Jan 15, 2015 | Cape Cod Photo Galleries, News
The Wellfleet Naviator has sunk at the Wellfleet Pier. The most likely cause was hull damage from the ice that was packed into the harbor. In the late 2015 the Naviator was broken up at the Wellfleet Transfer Station. RIP ...
by Steve Lam | Dec 22, 2014 | History
When we think about Cape Cod in relation to fishing we inevitably think of cod, haddock, striped bass, oysters, steamers and lobsters. For a long time mackerel was also one of the area’s primary catches. Mackerel is a migratory fish that arrives in the...
by Steve Lam | Sep 11, 2014 | History
Cape Cod has long been synonymous with fishing. Yet up until the widespread adaptation of refrigeration and icing, the fishing industry was reliant upon salt to preserve its catch, simply put without salt there would have been no fishing. Before the railroad, the only...
by Steve Lam | Sep 5, 2014 | History
Sometimes the decline of Cape Cod’s fishing industry is referred to in a way that makes it sound like a recent development. In truth, the decline has been ongoing for over a century. By the time that this photo was taken in 1944 the effects of the long-term...
