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Thacher Island

Islet

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Thacher Island is a small island off Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast in the United States. It is a part of the Town of Rockport. It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.

Cape Ann Light

Lighthouse

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The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance. Cape Ann Light is situated 860 feet south of Thacher Island North Light.

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Rockport

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Rockport is a town of 7,000 people in Massachusetts on Cape Ann. The town, once famous for granite production, got its start as an artist colony in the late 1800s.

Dogtown Commons

Hamlet

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Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 4½ miles west of Thacher Island North Light.

Gloucester

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Gloucester is a city in Massachusetts. One of the country's oldest settlements, established in 1623, it serves as America's oldest seaport. Although the sea is contributing less to the city's economy, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.

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