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Wellfleet is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Fourth Barnstable district, which includes ( with the exception of Brewster ) all the towns east and north of Harwich on the Cape.
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* April 26 – The Whydah Gally, flagship of " Black Sam " Bellamy, is wrecked in a storm off Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Wellfleet is a New England town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States and is located halfway between the " tip " and " elbow " of Cape Cod.
Wellfleet is famous for its eponymous oysters, which are celebrated in the annual October Wellfleet OysterFest.
The name " Wellfleet " is disputed ; some argue that it comes from " Whale Fleet ," after the burgeoning whaling industry in the town, while some say it comes from a brand of oyster popular in England at the time, in order to help sales.
In 1717, the pirate Samuel Bellamy was sailing near what is now Wellfleet when his ship, the Whydah sank off shore.
Wellfleet is bordered by Truro to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Eastham to the south, and Cape Cod Bay to the west.
Wellfleet is approximately fourteen miles south of Provincetown, thirty-three miles ( by road ) northeast of Barnstable, forty-eight miles from the Sagamore Bridge, and one hundred miles ( by road ) southeast of Boston.
A small whaling community was founded on the land that is now Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, and was originally known as Silver Spring, after Silver Spring Brook.
This land is now protected by the Massachusetts Audubon Society in its Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.
There is currently limited bus service between Wellfleet and Hyannis, and from there on to Boston and Logan Airport, on the Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company, a Plymouth-based bus service.
Wellfleet is patrolled by the Second ( Yarmouth ) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police.
On the national level, Wellfleet is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is currently represented by Bill Keating.
Wellfleet is governed by the open town meeting form of government and a board of selectmen, who employ a town administrator to oversee day-to-day business.
The Wellfleet Public Library is located in the town center, in a former curtain and candle factory converted in 1989.
Wellfleet Elementary School is located just off of Route 6 near the town center, and serves students from kindergarten to fifth grade.
Eastham is also bordered by the towns of Wellfleet and Orleans on its northern and southern sides, respectively.
Truro is located just south and east of the " tip " of Cape Cod, and is bordered by Provincetown to the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east, Wellfleet to the south, and Cape Cod Bay to the west.
Wellfleet is a village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.
Wellfleet is located at ( 40. 752718 ,-100. 729509 ).
Brewster is a member of the Nauset Regional School District, along with the towns of Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet.
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In addition to the Seashore, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, run by Massachusetts Audubon, surrounds much of The Run, including part of Small Island ( between The Run and Blackfish Creek ).
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The cast-iron lighthouse was brought from Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1925.
The Whydah was swept up in a violent Nor ' easter storm off Cape Cod at midnight, and was driven onto the sand bar shoals in 16 feet of water some 500 feet from the coast of what is now Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
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Image: SerpulidsPecten. JPG | A shell of a Pecten species withserpulid worm encrustation ; Duck Harbor Beach on Cape Cod Bay, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Meetings were held at Lifton's home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
He died of a heart attack in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on October 4, 1968.
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During the time that they were together, Meigs and Deming moved to Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where she befriended the writer and critic Edmund Wilson and his circle of friends.
** Breuer Cottage, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1945 – 1949 – 1961
** Kepes Cottage, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1948 – 1949
** Edgar Stillman Cottage, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1953 – 1954
** Wise Cottage, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1963
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Originally settled in the 1650s by the Europeans as Billingsgate ( after the famous fish market in East London ), Wellfleet was part of neighboring Eastham until 1763, achieving town status after nearly 30 years of petitioning.
Some maps also erroneously mark US 6's old routing through downtown Wellfleet as Route 6A, though MassHighway ( and the Massachusetts Department of Public Works before it ) has never included the stretch as part of Route 6A.
WOMR / WFMR produces the CranJam, a two-day music event, as a part of the Harwich Cranberry Festival the third weekend in September, and a triathlon in Wellfleet, Ma., the third week in June.
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