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DO NOT use Canapitsit Channel, which separates Cuttyhunk from Nashawena Island, without local knowledge. The channel is narrow,
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Location of Canapitsit Channel within Massachusetts
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It is one of four 550:Provincetown Harbor 545:Port of New Bedford 115: /  643:Roger Island River 449:Fort Point Channel 444:Canapitsit Channel 212:to the northwest. 147:Canapitsit Channel 77:Canapitsit Channel 44:Canapitsit Channel 19:Canapitsit Channel 727: 726: 633:Oyster Pond River 535:Marblehead Harbor 515:Barnstable Harbor 454:Hypocrite Channel 386:Massachusetts Bay 171:Elizabeth Islands 144: 143: 752: 598:Eagle Hill River 588:Blackwater River 401:Narragansett Bay 331: 324: 317: 308: 307: 302: 301: 299: 298: 289:. Archived from 283: 277: 276: 274: 273: 249: 167:Cuttyhunk Island 163:Nashawena Island 155:Cuttyhunk Harbor 130: 129: 127: 126: 125: 120: 116: 113: 112: 111: 108: 98: 87: 73: 72: 66: 54: 40: 39: 33: 16: 15: 760: 759: 755: 754: 753: 751: 750: 749: 730: 729: 728: 723: 714:Robinson's Hole 695: 686:Nantucket Sound 667: 623:Merrimack River 578:Annisquam River 564: 540:Plymouth Harbor 501: 468: 425: 411:Popponesset Bay 347: 335: 305: 296: 294: 285: 284: 280: 271: 269: 251: 250: 246: 242: 191:Robinson's Hole 153:that runs from 123: 121: 117: 114: 109: 106: 104: 102: 101: 91: 90: 89: 88: 85: 84: 81: 80: 79: 78: 74: 57: 56: 55: 52: 51: 48: 47: 46: 45: 41: 12: 11: 5: 758: 748: 747: 742: 725: 724: 722: 721: 716: 711: 705: 703: 697: 696: 694: 693: 691:Vineyard Sound 688: 683: 677: 675: 669: 668: 666: 665: 660: 658:Tiasquam River 655: 650: 645: 640: 638:Quashnet River 635: 630: 628:Mitchell River 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 574: 572: 566: 565: 563: 562: 557: 552: 547: 542: 537: 532: 530:Hyannis Harbor 527: 522: 517: 511: 509: 503: 502: 500: 499: 494: 489: 484: 478: 476: 470: 469: 467: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 435: 433: 427: 426: 424: 423: 418: 413: 408: 403: 398: 393: 391:Mount Hope Bay 388: 383: 378: 373: 371:Dorchester Bay 368: 363: 357: 355: 349: 348: 334: 333: 326: 319: 311: 304: 303: 278: 243: 241: 238: 206:Vineyard Sound 161:and separates 159:Vineyard Sound 142: 141: 139:Atlantic Ocean 136: 132: 131: 99: 93: 92: 82: 76: 75: 68: 67: 61: 60: 59: 58: 49: 43: 42: 35: 34: 28: 27: 26: 25: 24: 21: 20: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 757: 746: 743: 741: 738: 737: 735: 720: 717: 715: 712: 710: 707: 706: 704: 702: 698: 692: 689: 687: 684: 682: 679: 678: 676: 674: 670: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 618:Jericho Creek 616: 614: 613:Ipswich River 611: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 575: 573: 571: 567: 561: 558: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 521: 520:Boston Harbor 518: 516: 513: 512: 510: 508: 504: 498: 495: 493: 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 479: 477: 475: 471: 465: 464:South Channel 462: 460: 459:Salem Channel 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 436: 434: 432: 428: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 397: 394: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 358: 356: 354: 350: 346: 345:Massachusetts 342: 339: 332: 327: 325: 320: 318: 313: 312: 309: 293:on 2007-02-12 292: 288: 282: 268: 264: 260: 259: 254: 248: 244: 236: 234: 230: 224: 222: 218: 213: 211: 207: 203: 198: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 169:, two of the 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 140: 137: 133: 128: 100: 94: 65: 32: 22: 17: 709:Quick's Hole 648:Rowley River 570:River mouths 560:Salem Harbor 492:Orleans Cove 487:Juniper Cove 443: 406:Plymouth Bay 366:Cape Cod Bay 361:Buzzards Bay 295:. 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Canapitsit Channel is located in Massachusetts
Canapitsit Channel is located in the United States
41°25′24″N 70°54′28″W / 41.4234412°N 70.9078122°W / 41.4234412; -70.9078122
Atlantic Ocean
channel
Cuttyhunk Harbor
Vineyard Sound
Nashawena Island
Cuttyhunk Island
Elizabeth Islands
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
straits
Buzzards Bay
Quick's Hole
Robinson's Hole
Woods Hole
knots
Vineyard Sound
Buzzards Bay
website
boating
rocky
currents
"Canapitsit Channel"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Cuttyhunk.net - Cuttyhunk Island, MA 02713"
the original
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