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Knob Construction In Final Phase

By Elizabeth Saito

The Falmouth Enterprise
December 2, 2022

"This winter marks the last winter in a three-year project to rebuild the stone armor that protects The Knob, a delicate spit of conservation land in Quissett Harbor. In the spring, the pathway leading to the Knob’s pinnacle will be replanted so that it looks more like the slender, grassy path of former years." Click to read the article on the Falmouth Enterprise's website

The Knob, a hideaway with views of Buzzards Bay

By Ron Driscoll

The Boston Globe
July 20, 2013

"During the War of 1812, residents of the village of Quissett went to great lengths to obscure the presence of their lovely protected cove from British warships sailing past on Buzzards Bay. According to the Woods Hole Historical Society, foliage was used to camouflage ships, and treetops were lashed to masts to disguise the existence of the harbor and its shipbuilding and saltworks operations.

It’s 200 years on, and every day hundreds of summer interlopers take Woods Hole Road past this lovely slice of Falmouth that sits halfway between downtown and the Steamship Authority terminus at Woods Hole, where visitors ferry across the sound to Martha’s Vineyard. The vast majority of them drive right past the turn for Quissett Harbor, unaware of the tiny village and the 12-acre nature preserve that was established there nearly 40 years ago..." Click to download the reprinted article in PDF file format

Falmouth's Quiet Treasures

The Knob: A promontory That Gives One a Boater's View of Buzzards Bay
By Beth Schwarzman

The Falmouth Enterprise
August 29, 2006

"From the outer end of the Knob you can look back east to Falmouth and almost imagine that yo are on a boat in Buzzards Bay: the soutwest summer wind sweeps past you unbobstructed and the water on all sides breaks against the shore far below..." Click to download the reprinted article in PDF file format

Celebration Marks Two-Year Knob Restoration Project

by Andrew Cunningham

Falmouth Enterprise
Volume 116, Number 29
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

"Falmouth residents and vistors for generations have wallked the trails leading to Quissett Knob - some in summer carrying picnic gear on their way to the beach, and others just enjoying the silence and beauty that the trails provide. The view from the Knob itself is breathtaking..." Click here to download reprinted article in PDF file format.

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