Wychmere Harbor Showing Its Pride
by Sharon Williams Eng
Title
Wychmere Harbor Showing Its Pride
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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This image was taken at Wychmere Harbor in Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on September 12, the day after all of the 20th anniversary commemorations. Perhaps that is why there were more flags in the gardens.
Harwich is a town known for three harbors. Allen Harbor and Saquatucket Harbor are both natural harbors. But the third and most well-known Harwich harbor, Wychmere, is actually man made. This harbor was once known as Salt Pond and it had no opening to the ocean. In 1887 a channel was dug to the ocean and jetties were built. The new harbor was not named Wychmere until the mid-1920s. Wychmere can translate to "salt lake," because "Wych" is believed to come from the British "wich" meaning where salt is found, and "mere" is Scottish for lake.
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