Ships and Shipwrecks of Ipswich Bay

Join town historian, Gordon Harris, who will talk about the long history of tragic shipwrecks due to dangerous storms and limited navigation. There were over 3,000 shipwrecks off the Massachusetts coast. In the early 20^th century coal schooners sailed up the river to town wharf, and sand schooners became stranded on the beaches, but Ipswich was a favorite destination for Bostonians, who left their cars at the wharf for pleasure cruises to Little Neck, Grape Island, and Plum Island.