Buzzards Bay

Bordered by the southern coasts of Bristol and Plymouth counties to the northwest, Cape Cod to the east and the Elizabeth Islands to the south, This Atlantic Ocean bay is a designated Estuary of National Significance. The bay is home to one of the country's most significant fishing ports, New Bedford, which was once the world's most successful whaling port. Buzzards Bay is connected to Cape Cod Bay via the Cape Cod Canal, constructed in 1914. The bay was named by colonists who mistook the osprey that breed along its shores for buzzards.

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