Tag Archives: Salt Marsh

Look Where The Osprey Built Their New Nest Here On Cape Cod!

I posted a blog a few weeks ago about these 2 Ospreys that had been evicted from their annual nesting spot by the utility company. For days and even weeks, the two Ospreys sat sadly atop that utility pole looking about. (Click on blog link for other photo.)

A couple of days ago, I was driving home from Rock Harbor when I looked up and saw a massive Osprey nest on top of this dead tree. What a perfect spot for a nest… right next to the salt marsh where lots of food can be found! I sure hope it’s those two Ospreys  because they found an awesome place to build their new nest and raise their young.

The First Cape Cod Canal From Orleans Through Eastham, Part 2.

The first Cape Cod Canal, also called “Jeremiah’s Gutter” (which means a waterway or channel), was used for whaleboats and other vessels to get from the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Cod Bay through Orleans and Eastham. It was named after Jeremiah Smith who came from a founding Eastham family of the late 17th century. The hand-dug canal was in existence from 1717 to 1849. (Click on blog link for other photos.)

“On April 26, 1717 a strong nor’easter battered Cape Cod. It was in this storm that the famed pirate ship Whydah sank with all of its treasure aboard. This storm also carved a channel of varying depths running roughly from Town Cove in Orleans west to what is today Boat Meadow Beach in Eastham. The channel would only be used by British vessels trying to recover the sunken Whydah treasure in 1717.” (capecod.com)

You can see where the canal wound through the salt marsh from the Cape Cod Rails Trail in Eastham. The first photo is facing Orleans while the 2 photo faces toward Cape Cod Bay. It’s amazing to think that there used to be a functional canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean with Cape Cod Bay in Orleans and Eastham!