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Some Fun Facts about Cape Cod

  • Also known as “the Cape”, the peninsula is home to 994 ponds.
  • Look out! Cape Cod has more lighthouses than any other county in the USA.
  • The paper bag was first created in Dennis, Cape Cod, by Luther Child Crowell in 1867.
  • First landing of the Pilgrims was not in Plymoth but actually in Provincetown on November 11, 1620 (the Pilgrims stayed five weeks in Provincetown before sailing across Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth).