Cape Cod Canal Massachusetts
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American Cruise Lines (71 Cruises)
American Glory
15 Cruises
| 25 August | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Cape Codder Cruise and Land Tour |
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| 31 August | 9 days | Round-trip from Boston, USA |
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American Legend
22 Cruises
| 16 June | 9 days | One-way from Boston to New York |
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| 17 June | 6 days | One-way from Boston to New York |
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| 30 June | 9 days | Round-trip from Boston, USA |
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American Pioneer
32 Cruises
| 28 May | 9 days | Round-trip from Boston, USA |
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| 29 May | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Cape Codder Cruise and Land Tour |
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Azamara Club Cruises (18 Cruises)
Azamara Journey
6 Cruises
Azamara Quest
12 Cruises
| 29 July | 44 days | One-way from Copenhagen to New York |
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| 29 July | 43 days | One-way from Copenhagen to New York |
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Ponant (2 Cruises)
Seabourn Cruise Line (5 Cruises)
Silversea Cruises (11 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The Cape Cod Canal is not a port call but a transit: there is no pier and no landing. You experience it from the ship's decks during a passage of about an hour.
To avoid rounding the peninsula in open water, a detour that added hours and exposed vessels to the shoals. The canal saves 217 kilometres, and some 14,000 vessels use it each year.
Construction began in 1909, financed by August Belmont Jr. to plans by engineer William Barclay Parsons. Belmont led the first transit himself in 1914. The US Army Corps of Engineers has managed the waterway since 1928.
Surprisingly green, close-in banks: bike paths, anglers on the riprap, viewpoints and picnic areas. On the Cape side, the grey roofs of Sandwich, founded in 1637, slip past with its small lighthouse and salt marshes.
Three. The Bourne and Sagamore highway bridges, twin steel arches opened in 1935, and above all the Buzzards Bay railroad bridge, whose two 84-metre towers frame one of the longest vertical lift spans in the world.
The canal itself runs about twelve kilometres including its approaches, between Cape Cod Bay to the north and Buzzards Bay to the south.
It varies from one crossing to the next. The current reverses with the tides and captains prefer to run with it: check the daily programme the night before for the exact transit time.
Go up early to an open upper deck and pick your rail: both banks are equally good. A sweater helps even in summer, since the early morning air stays cool over the water.
Yes. Seals and cormorants work the eddies, and raptors patrol the banks. Keep binoculars handy throughout the transit.
Very much so. The banks are close enough for children to make out cyclists and trade waves with walkers. The bridges and the railroad lift span hold even young attention.
