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A friend and I recently decided to take a day trip to P-town from Boston via a 90-minute ferry ride on Boston's Provincetown/Cape Cod fast ferry through Boston Harbor City Cruises. Including taxes ...
Bay State Cruises took over the route in 1980. Paragon Park closed in 1985, and Nantasket service ended again in 1992. In 1996, Bay State Cruises sold the Hull route to Boston Harbor Cruises (BHC), who obtained an MBTA subsidy. [6] Renewed Rowes Wharf–Hingham service began with a single round trip on October 6, 1975.
Outside the MBTA system, seasonal passenger ferry services operate to the Boston Harbor Islands, to the city of Salem north of Boston, and to the town of Provincetown on Cape Cod. Water taxis provide on-demand service from various points on the downtown waterfront and from Logan Airport, and in particular between the airport and downtown.
Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]
Provincetown Harbor is a large natural harbor located in the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts.The harbor is mostly 30 to 90 feet (9 to 27 m) deep and stretches roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) from northwest to southeast and 2 miles (3.2 km) from northeast to southwest – one large, deep basin with no dredged channel necessary for boats to enter and exit.
Long Wharf is a historic American pier in Boston, Massachusetts, built between 1710 and 1721.It once extended from State Street nearly a half-mile into Boston Harbor; today, the much-shortened wharf (due to land fill on the city end) functions as a dock for passenger ferries and sightseeing boats.
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Boston is the state capital in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 692,600, [394] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,873,019, is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the nation. [395] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, Quincy, New Bedford, and Lynn.