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Buzzards Bay in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Cape Cod Canal

 
 
Cape Cod Canal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
1. Cape Cod Canal Marker
Inscription. Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence US Army Corps of Engineers Cape Cod Canal For exceptional project managemental achievements, and the enhancement of public perception of the corps objectives.
 
Erected 1986 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels.
 
Location. 41° 46.016′ N, 70° 34.159′ W. Marker is in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. It is on Scenic Highway (U.S. 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Buzzards Bay MA 02532, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: August Belmont (here, next to this marker); Monica Dickens Stratton (a few steps from this marker); William Barclay Parsons (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Cape Cod Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Burying Hill (approx. 0.7 miles away); Still on Patrol (approx. Ύ mile away); Disabled Veterans Of All Wars (approx. 2.1 miles away); Town Of Bourne World War I Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buzzards Bay.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Comassakumakanit (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing);
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Bournedale's Yesterdays (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Cape Cod Canal Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
2. Cape Cod Canal Markers
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
3. National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
This Marker is located right next to main marker
Cape Cod Canal image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
4. Cape Cod Canal
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,116 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 20, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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