Tag Archives: Cape terminology

Are we “lower” and “outer” or only “outer?”

I saw a map recently showing the “Lower Cape” stopping with Eastham, the “Outer Cape” as a separate region consisting of Wellfleet, Truro, and P’town. Hey, wait a minute, I thought, that’s gotta be wrong. Lower and Outer are not separate regions. Outer is part of Lower. Some years back, a team of academic researchers, […]