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The Cape Cod Canal team hosted the 14th annual Boating and Water Safety Day on June 29, 2019 at the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
The Corps invited its partners to the event to help promote being safe and responsible while having fun on the water. The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) also celebrated their new fishing exhibit recently installed at the Visitor Center. They had staff on hand to engage with visitors as they interacted with the exhibit. Visitors were invited outside to join DMF staff who taught them how to fish in the Cape Cod Canal. To celebrate, a representative from DMF spoke about the exhibit and the partnership between DMF and the Corps.
Partners that hosted exhibits and activities at the event included the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the Massachusetts Environmental Police, the USCG Auxiliary, the DMF, AmeriCorps Cape Cod, the American Red Cross, the Buzzards Bay Coalition and Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
Activities that were held at the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center and the Sandwich Marina included dock tours of USCG and Corps boats, water safety and boating safety activities, games and prizes for the whole family, Dunk-a-Ranger (dunk tank), a new fishing exhibit, a fishing clinic (equipment provided), a 40-foot inflatable North Atlantic Right Whale that participants could climb inside, free vessel safety checks by the USCG Auxiliary, promotional and informational handouts on water safety and boating safety, and a special visit by Bobber the Water Safety Dog. The USCG Auxiliary also had a damage control trailer where adults could test their skills at solving boat mechanical problems.
The Corps is responsible for operations and maintenance of the Cape Cod Canal, one of the Corps’ busiest projects and serving as the gateway to historic Cape Cod. Annual visitation to the Cape Cod Canal exceeds three million. The primary mission of the Cape Cod Canal team is to provide safe navigation to the 20,000 commercial and recreational vessels that transit the 17.4-mile waterway each year. However, the 1,000 acres of land that surrounds the Canal provides diverse recreational opportunities such as hiking, fishing, biking, picnicking and ship watching.
The Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center offers insight into the rich history of the Cape Cod Canal. Exhibits included: a retired 40-foot Corps patrol boat and live radar and camera images of the waterway.
Visitors can captain a virtual boat through the canal; investigate what’s inside ships transiting the canal; discover wildlife that live around the canal; view films about canal history, wildflowers and wildlife; participate in free interpretive programs; or relax with waterfront views from chairs on the front deck. The Visitor’s Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily from May 1 – Oct. 27, phone: (508) 833-9678. Free admission. For more information on recreation at the Cape Cod Canal visit the website at: https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Cape-Cod-Canal/.
| Date Taken: | 06.29.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 08.13.2019 09:47 |
| Story ID: | 335646 |
| Location: | SANDWICH, MA, US |
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