Duxbury Bay is a bay on the coast of Massachusetts in the United States . The west shore of the bay is the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts ; and the bay is formed by a sandbar called The Gurnet extending southeasterly from Marshfield, Massachusetts into Cape Cod Bay . The town of Marshfield was named for the estuarine wetland at the north end of the bay. The bay opens southerly toward Plymouth, Massachusetts between Captains Hill to the west and Saquish Head to the east.
5-449: The bay is approximately three miles long from north to south with an average width of two miles. The bottom is mostly shallow sand and mud flats exposed at low water with a few winding channels. Several of these channels converge west of Clarks Island to form a small craft anchorage called the Cowyard approximately 200 yards (180 m) wide with a depth of 20–35 feet (6.1–10.7 m). There
10-631: Is 5-foot (1.5 m) clearance under a 25-foot (7.6 m) fixed span in the Powder Point Bridge to access the northern end of the bay. In 1908 The United States Army Corps of Engineers dredged a 6-foot (1.8 m) channel to the Duxbury wharves. A 21-acre anchorage was dredged to 8 feet (2.4 m) in 1960, and the 1 mile (1.6 km) channel is maintained at that depth and a width of 100 feet (30 m). The United States Navy seaplane tender USS Duxbury Bay , in commission from 1944 to 1966,
15-531: The town of Duxbury , the island is officially part of the town of Plymouth, as are the outermost points of Duxbury Beach , Saquish Neck and Gurnet Point. The island is located north of the Duxbury Pier Light (locally known as "Bug Light") and Saquish Neck, and west of Saquish Head . 42°00′30″N 70°38′15″W / 42.00833°N 70.63750°W / 42.00833; -70.63750 This Plymouth County, Massachusetts geography–related article
20-463: Was named for Duxbury Bay. 42°00′00″N 70°39′28″W / 42.00000°N 70.65778°W / 42.00000; -70.65778 This Plymouth County, Massachusetts geography–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Clarks Island Clark's Island is the name of a small island located in Duxbury Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . It
25-584: Was named for John Clark, the first mate of the Mayflower , the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England . The island was initially considered for the location of the Pilgrim's settlement, but was rejected in favor of a site to the south, which became known as Plymouth, Massachusetts . Today Clark's Island is a part of the town of Plymouth. Clark's Island is located in Duxbury Bay . Although physically closer to
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