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With three harbors and a large municipal
marina, Harwich is a boater’s dream.
Among Cape Cod’s oldest towns, Harwich
was incorporated in 1694 and named after an English community. It originally
held present-day Harwich and Brewster, along with parts of Orleans and Eastham,
and today has seven villages of churches, antique shops and beaches.
Harwich prospered early
on in fishing and cranberries, with the first commercial bog operation harvested here in 1846.
It is also the birthplace of Capt. Jonathan Walker, known as, “The Man with the
Branded Hand,” after he was punished for trying to help slaves escape Florida in
the 1840s.
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Quick glimpse
Municipal website:
www.town.harwich.ma.us
Incorporated in
1694...located along Nantucket Sound, between Dennis, Brewster,
Orleans and Chatham...has 21 square miles of land...and 12,400
residents.
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