Wychmere Harbor Harwich

As one of the most photographed sites in Harwich, picturesque Wychmere Harbor in Harwich Port, is home to a small number of commercial fishing vessels as well as the elegant Wychmere Beach Club.  The Harbor takes its name from a group of business tycoons in the 1920s -- the "Wychmere Syndicate" --  who purchased most of the surrounding shore land on South Harwich and were looking for a more upscale name to use in their real estate advertising.   They renamed the body of  water known to locals as "Salt Pond" to "Wychmere Harbor" which takes its name from the British "wich" given to places where salt can be found and "mere" from the Scottish name for lake.  A prominent local family who lived next to what was then the Town Dock off Snow Inn Road, donated much of the land at Harbor Road on Wychmere Harbor as a permanent landing for commercial fishermen.  Read more about Wychmere Harbor real estate.

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Today, Wychmere Harbor is a long jetty flowing smoothly into the sea and the Wychmere Beach club spans 20 pristine acres along the Wychmere Harbor Channel and Nantucket Sound.  A popular destination for weddings, luxury vacations, and waterfront dining, Wychmere Beach Club is known well beyond the Cape.  Sound View, an exclusive oceanfront community, offers 13 private condominium residences that give owners access to all of the Wychmere Beach Club amenities as well as their own coastal retreat overlooking the Nantucket Sound.  Other single-family properties in the area range from contemporaries, colonials and sprawling waterfront estates, featuring stunning views and convenient beach access.
 
Wychmere Harbor is located between Snow Inn Road and Harbor Road in Harwich Port, overlooking the Nantucket Sound and west of neighboring Saquatucket Harbor.

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