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Cape Ann Locales

Annisquam River

Brace's Cove / Rock

Cut, The (Stacy Blvd.)

Dolliver's Neck

Field Beach / Crescent (or Cressy's) Beach / Long Beach

Five Pound Island

Flagpole above Freshwater Cove →

Fort (The) and Fort Point

Fresh Water Cove

Gloucester Harbor, Inner / Harbor Cove

Gloucester Harbor, Outer

Good Harbor Beach / Bass Rocks

Half Moon Beach

Meetinghouse Green

Pavilion (Publick) Beach

Riverdale / Town Parish

Site Photographs

Stage Rocks / Stage Fort / Stage Head

Ten Pound Island

Town / Public Landings

Waterfront, Gloucester

West Gloucester – Little River

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Flagpole above Freshwater Cove

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The owner of this flagpole has not been determined, but it is an interesting landmark in Lane's paintings. Often it appears in his drawings and not in his paintings, and Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1857 (inv. 107) contains the only image of a flag actually flying from the pole.

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Citation: "Cape Ann Locales." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/historical_material/?section=Flagpole+above+Freshwater+Cove&type=Cape+Ann+Locales (accessed on July 31, 2025).