Kelly’s Corner 190 – East Harbor, Kettle Ponds and the Pamet

Jan Kelly writes a weekly column for Provincetown Magazine “When leaving Provincetown, passing Pilgrim Lake or East Harbor, you move from one geological period to another-Provincetown. A sand spit formed from wind and wave action is 8,000 years old. The bluff where the Outer Reach Motel sits is the end of the glacier and is 15,000 years old. The Pamet is named for the Pamet Indian tribe. It is pronounced properly "Pahmut." These lower-Cape Indians had a gracious life I speculate, living in beauty and abundance.”

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Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century and Truro (Mass.)--History--20th century